BattleMeshV5 Warmup
When the news about the BattleMeshV5 spread in Greece many wireless Greek communities inside and outside of Athens felt excited by the idea of having that many wireless enthusiasts in the country. They felt the participants also should have the possibility of visiting at least one of the many installed wireless mesh network found in the rural areas of Greece. Therefore, the idea of a BattleMeshV5 warmup in form of a guided tour through Sarantaporo was devised (managed and organized by the Sarantaporo wireless community).
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About Sarantaporo
Sarantaporo is a small mountain village, situated at an altitude of 840m, opposite Olympus mountain, in the prefecture of Larisa, in the central of Greece. It’s permanent population is about 900 inhabitants and their main activities are agriculture, farming and surfing the web!
Special historical reference
2012, the year that Battle of Mesh visits Sarantaporo, coincides with the 100th anniversary of Battle of Sarantaporo, an important historical moment of the recent greek history.
Why warming up at Sarantaporo ?
Getting ready for the real “Battle” is more than obligatory! And which better terrain for preparation other than Sarantaporo village, with currently 9 wifi mesh networks in the area! Playing with over than 80 routers and interfering with lots of end users, while having fun, experiencing traditional food and enjoying country life in a beautiful landscape opposite of the ancient Greek gods mountain Olympus, is the perfect combination for keeping “fit” for the main event in Athens. Get the energy and the right mood to give and get the best of you after such a warm-up!
What may happen there
No one may say for sure, however there is the potentiality for:
- Small workshop presenting the implementation of the local mesh networks from Sarantaporo.gr technical team, questions about further development and optimization, suggestions from the experts, feedback from local users experience and experts communicating mesh and open source basic technology evolution and their benefits in any possible way.
- Open space activities during the day, in case of nice weather: visiting village sightseeings,
- Walking on mountain routes, BBQs, greek-way coffee relaxation.
- Dinner at local tavernas in the evening and party at local cafes and bars till late at night.
- Extra special events organised by the local cultural communities.
Accommodation
Free accommodation will be offered, upon registration priority, for the event participants, who will be hosted in local village houses by the event organizers and locals.
Transportation
For better serving the organization of the event we are planning to make a bus reservation that will transport all the event participants from Athens to Sarantaporo and back, according to the following schedule (~5 hrs trip):
- from Athens Airport to Sarantaporo on Friday 23 Mar 2012 evening (departure between 5-6pm). (The exact time is to be further discussed)
- from Sarantaporo to Athens (NTUA) on Sunday 25 Mar 2012 evening (departure at 6pm).
Sarantaporo GPS Coordinates: 40ο 04' 05,90"Β, 22ο 03' 06,42" Ε
Sarantaporo.gr WiFi Mesh Networks - Info & Statistics
Active mesh networks: 9 in different villages
Planned mesh networks to be installed in the near future: 5
Villages currently in the project of Sarantaporo.gr Wifi Mesh Networks: 14
Hardware: OM1P Open-mesh routers with the latest stable firmware r2695, Ubiquity Nano Station links for the backbone network
Dashboard: Cloudtrax
About Sarantaporo.gr Core Team
We are a group of people hailing from Sarantaporo, who live in different cities, countries and continents, sharing a common love for our village. The need to communicate with each other, to be aware of the local news, to be creative and active, prompted us to create Sarantaporo.gr website.
The next step in our trip was to implement and operate free wifi open-mesh networks in Sarantaporo and other 14 neighboring villages, while planning to further optimize them, extend and enrich them with online services (eg VoIP, Weather Station, Online streaming services etc). Suggestions and help from the WBM community on these ambitions are more than welcome.
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Where
TBD
When
23rd - 25th of March 2012
What
TBD
Fee
TBD
Contact
Organization: AboutUs
IRC: irc.freenode.net #battlemesh (webchat)
Mailing-list: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh