Editing KansasCity/July2012Hack (section)

= Pre-planning =

== 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!

KC Hammerspace hackerspace has an open house (6pm) and quick talks(7:30pm) thursday

== 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 << DC locker has most/all of below items. 
** 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)