On Tuesday 27 Mar 2007 11:28:50 jtd wrote:
Question. Can we disassemble and reinstall everything?
Pobably no. Because of time constraints. We would have to do a full day event. But It would be very good to do one if we have sufficient numbers.
Well, Rony mentioned availability for the next weekend for those who can't attend, so that's when I was thinking of redoing it from scratch.
The original workshop's goal was to run thru the steps of installing an adhoc mesh which could be used for rural communities in a self sustaining way. Subsequently the west bengal govt and afaik TN and Kerala govts are doing similiar things.
Hmmm. Cool.
Ok. What we are going to do is connect a debian / other distro repository to the mesh. Any one in or around HBCSE will be able to download / install from this server. We presume that the mesh is still up and running. If it isnt then we will try to get it up and this would mean coming the next day too. Also since i have an AP (bricked) for use by the community others can try to debrick it using jtag.
Hehehe, I'm kinda hoping that it'll need to be redone. I wasn't able to attend when it was set up. I'd love the opportunity to learn.
For the exercise to succeed we would require ip addresses of the mesh router and gateway and their physical location. Those interested in debricking read up on friedfunk and jtag on parallel port and wriggler.
Ok, what other stuff should I read up on? I want to know my theory before I look at the practical.
Regards.