[Mesh] Still here

[Nicholas Carter]

NYC mesh is doable as well. I'll figure a setup out and let you know how it
goes.

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 14:59 John <jcatkeson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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> 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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