[Babel-users] HSB announces the second Wireless Battle Mesh (Brussels, 17-18 Oct)

[Benjamin Henrion]

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     HackerSpaceBrussels announces the second Wireless Battle Mesh
                 WBM2009 v2 (Brussels, 17-18 October)
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HackerSpaceBrussels (HSB) announces the second Wireless Battle Mesh,
which aims to test 3 popular WiFi routing protocols (OLSR, Batman and
Babel), in Brussels on Saturday and Sunday 17-18 October 2009.

Agenda
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* Tue 06 Oct @ 21:00: final IRC meeting to prepare the design of the
  networks (see below)
* Sat 10 Oct @19:30: IPv6 presentation (Filip P.) + panel on
  possibilities and pittfalls of IPv6 for free networks
* Tue 13 Oct - Fri 16 Oct: OpenWRT workshops (we're still up to
  organising things, some points of interest: openwrt installation and
  config, kamikaze build environment, ssh keys infrastructure, firmware
  generation, UCI configuration tool, asterisk/ SIP phone)
* Friday 16th Oct @ 18:00 : Deploy the nodes
* Sat 17 Oct @ 14:00: Deploy the nodes, setup tests
* Sat 17 Oct @ 19:00: concert "I'm sitting under an antenna" v.a.,
  org. by OKNO
* Sun 18 Oct @ 14:00: The battle! :-)

IRC meetings
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We setup some IRC meetings to prepare the configuration: IP's, versions,
and everything that took too much time at WBM v1. The meetings will be
held on the tuesdays of 15 and 22 September and 06 October at 21:00 CET
on irc.freenode.net channel #hsbxl. People from brussels and around are
invited to join us at the hackerspace.

Fee
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The event is free.  We'll kindly ask you for a donation to cover some
costs.

Location
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Okno
Quai des Charbonnages 30-34
1080 Brussels
http://okno.be
http://tinyurl.com/oknomap

Transport
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* Metro: Compte de Flandres / Graaf van Vlaanderen 
* Train: Go to Brussels central station and take metro from there
  (metro 5 direction Erasmus)
* Route planner in Brussels: http://mivb.be/index.htm

Registration
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Space is limited, so we ask you to register in advance by registering:

1. send an email with your name and surname to contact at voidpointer.be
AND
2. register on Doodle: http://www.doodle.com/7yzcn8ptibyq7gxv

Requirements
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* Bring your laptop/computer
* Bring your compatible router(s) with OpenWRT pre-installed
* Bring your WiFi antenna(s) and connectors

Accomodation
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* Zoobab is offering some free space to sleep (contact him at zoobab at
  gmail.com)
* If you have problems finding accomodation, let us know (contact at
  voidpointer.be) -- there always be some couches free at HSB.

Contact
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Email: contact at voidpointer.be
Tel (ptr_): +32 493 52 50 09
Tel (zoobab): +32 484 56 61 09

Links
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http://hackerspace.be/wbm2009v2
http://www.olsr.org
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.
http://hackerspace.be/wbm2009
http://www.tmplab.org/2009/02/16/first-tmplab-wireless-battle-mesh-april-11-12th-2009-tmplab/
http://openwrt.org/
http://www.tmplab.org/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Battle_Mesh