KansasCity/July2012Hack

A few people will be traveling through Kansas City in early July, 2012, to hack on FNF projects.

Logistics

B+I arrive Tuesday July 3rd, B out Saturday the 7th, C shows up Saturday the 7th (?).

Trip to open ecology farm would be most excellent!

Goals

• FreedomLink - FreedomTower - FreedomNode - FreedomBox demo
• experiment with mesh wifi distributions: byzantium, commotion, generic batman/olsr, open-mesh, etc
• FreedomLink - FreedomTower - FreedomTower test (aka, 1 backhaul hop)
• plan + implement continuous integration for FreedomLab?
• multi-homed FreedomTower: FreedomLink + 4G?
• configure routing through IPv6 block at KC DC?
• try out ChaosVPN?

Hardware

• radio link betwen KC DC and freedomtower: directional 5GHz?
  • plus PoE, cabling, mounting hardware
• router/firewall inside KC DC
• complete FreedomTower
  • plus radio link to KC DC
  • if any new "recommended" router hardware, test with that
  • power management device C recommended
  • if multi-homed, need 4G modem and service plan
• FreedomNode
  • should really test at least 2x nodes with a mesh hop?
  • b has a routerstation pro; only 1x radio card
  • rig up something using nanostations?
• FreedomBox
  • b and i both have dreamplugs, also have extra microSD cards
• smartphones and laptops as end user devices
• "out of band" 4G or 3G data access for debugging and configuration?
• any extra routers for mesh experimentation
  • commodity plus OpenWRT? (b has a few)
  • routerstation pro (b has one)
  • dreamplugs (b+i)
  • TP-Link mini devices? (fnf has some?)
  • buy some freedomstations?

• extras
  • ethernet patch cables
  • power strips
  • cable ties
  • mounting hardware
  • enclosures
  • watts up (b has one)

TODO

• choose test sites for freedomtower, nodes << Isaac handling. http://chili.freenetworkfoundation.org/issues/281 and http://chili.freenetworkfoundation.org/issues/282
• schedule visit to Joe's
• order any necessary hardware << 3.65ghz radios ordered
• plan/spec for continuous integration stuff << underway. Not currently ticketed.

Measurements/Benchmarks

• sustained throughput, packets/sec, connections, latency per link
• power cycle any equipment, see that system resumes correctly
• energy usage of all equipment individual and combined (max, idle, typical)