Wireless Mesh Network Meetup

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Wireless mesh networks

Wireless mesh networks are growing in popularity, thanks in part to improved hardware and open-source solutions that are now available. In the US, broadband stimulus funding has recently given a boost to municipal and community wireless networks, including mesh networks.

Mesh networking meetup at Noisebridge

We're holding a series of workshops at Noisebridge to learn more about mesh networking, and to work on some projects like installing open-source mesh firmware onto proprietary wireless routers. The next meetup is scheduled for:

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 6pm

Location: Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St, San Francisco, CA

Participants

If you'll be attending, please click "edit" and add your name here so we can try to have enough space and chairs for everyone!

Agenda

  1. Mesh network design and applied graph theory (Erin LeDell)

Previous topics and projects

  • Intro to mesh networking: Protocols, firmware, hardware
  • Build a small mesh network in the noisebridge space
  • Reflashing proprietary Meraki Mini routers with open-source ROBIN firmware
  • Low power wireless mesh networks for monitoring and control

Previous meetups

  • Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6pm
  • Thursday, October 15, 2009, 6pm
  • Thursday, October 1, 2009, 6pm
  • Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6pm