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Wed, 16 Aug 2006
SeattleWireless Field Day (Picnic) - October 28, 2006
Field Day is happening this year! The SeattleWireless Field Day is officially scheduled for October 28, 2006 from 10am to 2pm. We will be featuring three locations: Gas Works Park, Alki, and Magnolia Park. We will be interconnecting at several facilities in the Seattle area, but these will not be available to the public. Our Seattle connection will also double as our access to the internet. And while Field Day will be similar to our event in 2003, we will be featuring a few new, exciting technologies:
And the following creature comforts:
And like 2003, field Day will still operate "off grid" with quiet, small, gas generators. We Still Need Your Help! What can you do to help out field day? Check out our CheckList! We still need additional generators, wireless gear (any will do), tents, or any contribution you think could help us out. We may need some of your network gear during some of the trial runs (which you are welcome to participate in), as well as the day of the field day. All gear will be turned to their owners after the field day. And probably most important, if you would like to bring food for the picnic, please do so. The more, the better. Remember that we do not have access to the cooking sites, so a small grill is also recommended. Please contact me at maokhian@hotmail.com if you have something you would like to contribute. Check out the wiki page 2006wirelessfieldday to assist in planning. Otherwise, I hope to see everyone there! Wed, 09 Aug 2006I have a Layer 3 diagram for our 2006 Field Day in October. It is currently still in design because there are a couple of unknowns for the segments between Gasworks and our Alki/Magnolia side. I suspect that most of the remaining details can be hammered out during tonight's hacknight, as the owner of this "missing link" is still researching several of our connectivity options. This is okay, because I am going to treat his network as transit. It is also looking like Internet access is more and more of a reality. While we will not rely or plan on having this service available, I am certain that a lot of attendees would not mind actual internet access.
As you can see above, both Alki and Magnolia will be linked at sort of a condensed "Core" layer. The blank spot near the top is our edge with our city-wide transit / internet provider. Gasworks will have its own condensed edge/core/access layers. All access layers will be flat, and a combination of wireless and wired LAN. The actual topology of this is not important until we have 100% commitment of all hardware pieces. And even then, it can be a bit dynamic. Addressing is situated so a simple 10.128.0.0/22 can be advertised on the Magnolia/Alki side, reducing the amount of routes our transit provider will have to carry. 10.128.4.0/22 is the gasworks side. Link addresses use /30's out of the bottom part of each CIDR block. Tue, 08 Aug 2006
Field Day - Current Equipment Checklist
Field Day will need a wide assortment of equipment to support each of our sites. This equipment will be watched over (to the best of their abilities) by various site leaders, and returned at the end of field day. If you plan on donating hardware to field day, remember that we may need it for some of the trial runs before the field day. We will return it after each borrowing. Items like chairs and tents are not required until the actual field day :) Please note that this is not an exhaustive list. As more planning is done, we may expand on untouched areas. I am seeking your feeback on this list. Send comments to casey@seattlewireless.net
Alki Site Fully equiped
Tent Viewing booth Catalytic heaters 10 Chairs 3 Cardtables Computer, camera, display for viewing booth Art project Generator of at least 1000KW 3 extension cords @ 25' 1 Outdoor power strip - Casey 2 quasi-outdoor power strips - Casey Wireless access point Pigtail for wireless access point Short N to N female LMR400 or greater (optional) Omni directional for access point - Casey Configuration guide Wireless device for client or AP mode Pigtail for wireless device Short N to N female LMR400 or greater Directional for wireless device - Casey Configuration guide Wireless device for client or AP mode (likely 5GHz ptp device) Pigtail for wireless device (likely 5GHz ptp device) Short N to N female LMR400 or greater (likely 5GHz ptp device) Directional for wireless device (likely 5GHz ptp device) Configuration guide
Tent Viewing booth Catalytic heaters 10 Chairs 3 Cardtables Computer, camera, display for viewing booth Art project Generator of at least 1000KW 3 extension cords @ 25' 1 Outdoor power strip 2 quasi-outdoor power strips Wireless access point Pigtail for wireless access point Short N to N female LMR400 or greater (optional) Omni directional for access point Configuration guide Wireless device for client or AP mode Pigtail for wireless device Short N to N female LMR400 or greater Directional for wireless device Configuration guide
Gas Works SiteFully equiped
Tent Viewing booth Catalytic heaters 10 Chairs 3 Cardtables Computer, camera, display for viewing booth Art project Generator of at least 1000KW 3 extension cords @ 25' 1 Outdoor power strip 2 quasi-outdoor power strips Wireless access point Pigtail for wireless access point Short N to N female LMR400 or greater (optional) Omni directional for access point Configuration guide Wireless device for client or AP mode (likely 5GHz ptp device) Pigtail for wireless device (likely 5GHz ptp device) Short N to N female LMR400 or greater (likely 5GHz ptp device) Directional for wireless device (likely 5GHz ptp device) Configuration guide |
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