[Mesh] Still here

[John]

I didn't build anything for the PittMesh node, instead just emailed Adam 
Longwill (info at metamesh.org) and then ordered a node through their 
online form.

Sadly it looks like their ready-made nodes are discontinued. :( Their 
people are pretty responsive though and would almost certainly walk you 
through whatever is the new process.

Why not shoot for a NYCMesh node?  That's what I'd pick if I was doing 
it over.  Even with virtually no hope of a real wireless connection, I 
would like to serve content inside the mesh, to make it more fun to 
visit.  Also NYCMesh has a dotted line of potential nodes creeping down 
the east coast (including MD), so it may physically reach us someday.

Congratulations on the daughter!  I am the only male in my house too, 
even counting cats.


On 08/18/2018 02:05 PM, Nicholas Carter wrote:
> Hey John and Stuart,
>
> I'm still here also! I've been lurking for months now due to this new 
> daughter of mine, but am still very interested in the progress of 
> mesh-topology networks. Would you shoot me your PittMesh node-build 
> info and I'll start a little island up here in MD? I have a friend 
> near Vienna that might be willing to host a node if I convince him 
> with booze, fine cigars, or gun parts, hahah.
>
> _Nick C
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 9:37 AM John <jcatkeson at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jcatkeson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Just letting you know I still have a pulse and am paying attention.
>
>     * I wanted to see Stuart's presentation to NovaLug but
>     unfortunately was out of town at the time.
>
>     * I read the article posted here on how IPv4 contributed to the
>     centralization and rent-taking of the net, and found it
>     thought-provoking.  Coincidentally my job put me through Amazon
>     Web Services training and I saw it from the perspective of 'More
>     centralization! It didn't have to be this way'.
>
>     My current status mesh-wise is that I have a PittMesh node in the
>     window of our condo, serving free internet to the courtyard.  It
>     is a gl-inet in a weatherproof shell.  It is VPN'ed to PittMesh
>     but really just a gateway through our own cable connection to the
>     traditional internet.  It is fun to realize that even if PittMesh
>     itself disappeared, my own node could still be the start of an
>     independent network.
>
>     Unfortunately this node seems to have less range than the mere
>     spillover from our in-house netgear router. Oh well.  At least
>     it's a symbolic flag to fly in solidarity.
>
>     I have also been on NYCMesh's Slack channel reading and asking
>     questions.  They just installed their 200th node!
>
>     The guys at PittMesh are good people doing good work, but NYCMesh
>     seems a lot more open, and I think it makes a difference in their
>     growth rates.  An online community of people discussing the
>     subject seems to generate more interest than just asking for a
>     node and having it mailed to you.
>
>     The backbone of a mesh isn't the hardware, but an active
>     subculture of people sharing tribal knowledge of how to really
>     build and maintain it.  I may yet try to install an NYCMesh node
>     VPN'ed to NYC as well.
>
>     But shouldn't I buy local?  Stuart, you are growing a mesh in your
>     area.  How hard would it be for me to VPN to it and serve wifi to
>     our courtyard, assuming I am an idiot unable to configure a router
>     myself?  Yes, just assuming, ha.
>
>     -John
>
>
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