[CQ] Basic questions from a newbie

[Daniel González Gasull]

Hi.

I've been looking at the Hinternet pages on the Noisebridge wiki, on
Wikipedia, and some other pages.  I've also browsed same messages in
the archives of this list.  I still don't get it completely:

- Has Noisebridge set a HSMM tower yet?

- If yes, has Noisebridge set up a mesh/ad-hoc subnet to connect to the tower?

- How can I connect to the Noisebridge tower and/or its mesh/ad-hoc
subnet?  What gear do I need?  Do I need a ham radio license?

- If I am at the top of a tall building just a few blocks away, can I
connect to the mesh subnet?  Do I need to be closer?  How close?

- I am encouraged to share the connection with my neighbors, right?

- Is my understanding right that the mesh/ad-hoc subnet is a regular
mesh network, like the one you can easily create with you laptop in
Linux, Windows or Mac?

- Does this route traffic to the regular Internet?

- If it does connect to the regular Internet, and if the mesh network
is a success and a lot of people connect to it, will Noisebridge have
bandwidth enough to deal with success?

Also, I want to share this idea.  If my understanding is right and
what is wanted is as many computers forming the mesh subnet as
possible, I recommend naming the subnet ESSID "Free Public WiFi".
Why?  Because there's a whole ad-hoc infrastructure waiting to be
used:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130451369

-- 
Daniel González Gasull