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BattleMeshV3.1416, 3-4-5 September, Ghent (Belgium)

WARNING: DUE TO LOGISTICAL ISSUES, THE EVENT IS MOVED FROM FLORENVILLE TO GHENT

The Wireless Battle Mesh version 3.1416 aims to test a network of 30 isolated routers with different routing protocols (mainly OSLR, Babel, BATMAN), in an urban environnement (noise, cars, and concrete).

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BattleMeshV3.1416, 3-4-5 September, Ghent (Belgium)
When?
Where?
Who?
Attendees
Registration
Fee
Hosting
Agenda
Transport
Goal
Beer
Links
Todo
Common pad
the road to gent dampoort station

When?

Friday 3, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September 2010 (from 9am to 20pm)

Where?

In Ghent, at the Ghent hackerspace, 0x20 (aka whitespace)

Address: Blekerijstraat 75, Ghent, Belgium
Location: See the location page

Who?

Responsible organisator: Benjamin Henrion (zoobab), bh@udev.org, +32-484-566109

Attendees

Benjamin Henrion (zoobab)
pieter heremans (ptr_here)
Nicolas Thill ({Nico}) (OpenWRT developer)
Thierry Watelet
Philippe De Wolf
Ivo Vachkov

Registration

Please register with an email to bh@udev.org with:

name, surname, and nickname
address and country
date of arrival and departure
mean of transportation

as soon as possible so that the organisators can plan the logistics (space, rooms, food, transport, etc...).

Fee

A fee of 15EUR for the 3 days at the entrance, to cover the costs of Internet connectivity, electricity, etc...

Hosting

We'll provide a roof; please foresee your proper sleepingbag & matrass, or mail pieter@L45.be (ptr_here) for specific requests.

Agenda

Test babelz over dual radio configuration
Making packages for OpenWRT

Transport

See how to reach HSB by public transport.

Goal

Install a mesh testbed of 30 nodes (fonera based) (zoobab owns 10 of them)
Benefit from the experience acquired during previous battles

Beer

We'll stack some Orval & a selection of other Belgian beers.

Todo

Flash the 10 foneras with the latest OpenWRT Backfire
Compile and prepare an ipk package for Babeld-z
Test the maximal distance between 2 foneras at txpower=1dbm and bitrate=1mbps
Test the fonera on batteries

Common pad

http://ietherpad.com/ZpoRvBUjFl

the road to gent dampoort station

(10min walk)

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The Wireless Battle Mesh version 3.1416 aims to test a network of 30 isolated routers with different routing protocols (mainly [[http://www.olsr.org | OSLR]], [[http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/ | Babel]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N. |BATMAN]]), in an urban environnement (noise, cars, and concrete).
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-Friday 3, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September 2010.
+Friday 3, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September 2010 (from 9am to 20pm)
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-Florenville is locate in the South of Belgium, 1km to the French border, 40km to the Luxembourgish border.
+In Ghent, at [[http://0x20.be | the Ghent hackerspace, 0x20 (aka whitespace) ]]
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- * Address: At Henrion's, rue de Barsinvaut 16, 6820 Florenville, Tel: +32-61-315211
 * Google Maps: http://ur1.ca/065p6
 * Lat/Long: 49.695821, 5.304556

{{http://www.salaisons-blaise.be/image/plan2.gif}}

{{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Florenville_JPG000.jpg/800px-Florenville_JPG000.jpg}}

{{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Florenville_JPG05.jpg/800px-Florenville_JPG05.jpg}}

= Flyer =

{{http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.1416?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=wbm31416_flyer.png}}
+ * Address: Blekerijstraat 75, Ghent, Belgium
 * Location: See the [[http://0x20.be/Whitespace | location page]]
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-Responsible organisator: Benjamin Henrion (zoobab), bh@udev.org, +32-484-566109, +32-61-315211
+Responsible organisator: Benjamin Henrion (zoobab), bh@udev.org, +32-484-566109
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- * Benjamin Henrion (zoobab)
 * pieter heremans (ptr_here)
 * Nicolas Thill ({Nico}) ([[https://dev.openwrt.org/wiki/nico | OpenWRT developer]])
 * Thierry Watelet
 * Philippe De Wolf
+. Benjamin Henrion (zoobab)
 1. pieter heremans (ptr_here)
 1. Nicolas Thill ({Nico}) ([[https://dev.openwrt.org/wiki/nico | OpenWRT developer]])
 1. Thierry Watelet
 1. Philippe De Wolf
 1. Ivo Vachkov
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-Zoobab is organising the event at his parent's place, which offers a large area (50 ares) where you can put your tent, with electricity, an ethernet cable, and  showers and toilets facilities.

{{http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.1416?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=barsinvaut20107-640x.jpg}}
{{http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.1416?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=barsinvaut20107b-640x.jpg}}

The house also offers enough indoor place to sleep (bring your floor matelas and sleeping bag).

There is also a [[http://www.larosiere.be | large camping site]] next to the river. A more [[http://martiko.wikidot.com/hebergement | complete list]] of hosting facilities is available.
+We'll provide a roof; please foresee your proper sleepingbag & matrass, or mail pieter@L45.be (ptr_here) for specific requests.
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+ * Making packages for OpenWRT
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-== Train ==

 1. Florenville has a train station (Brussels-Florenville takes 2 hours) (Take the Line Brussels-Luxembourg, change at Libramont, and take the small train to Florenville-Virton, there is only one every 2 hours)
 1. There is also a possibility to go to Marbehan, which has a frequency of a train every hour, and ask for car pickking up in advance with your time of arrival.
 1. There is also another possibility to go to the french station of Sedan (40km away), and ask for car pickking up a week in advance.

== Road ==

 1. From Brussels: distance is 180 km, trip time of ~1h40,take the motorway E411, direction Arlon; at junction n°26, take direction Neufchâteau, and then Florenville.
 1. From Luxembourg: take the motorway E411 (A4) direction Arlon; at junction n°29, get off and take the N87 direction Etalle; then use N83 over Tintigny to get to Florenville.
 1. From Paris: distance is 284km, direction Reims - Charleville-Méizières - Sedan - Bouillon - Florenville 

== Plane ==

Florenville does not have an airport, the closest one is the one of Luxembourg.
+See how to reach HSB by [[http://hackerspace.be/Location | public transport]].
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- * longshots: Florenville-Arlon Longshot 36,5km (10 Apr 2003 18:45) - Longshot between Florenville (Waveguide 32slots placed on the church tower) and Arlon (Yagi of XavierVL). Distance 36,5km. Data transfert of 50ko/sec during 5 minutes but we didn't succeed to do the same after, we were quite disapointing... We think that the fresnel zone was not so good to realize a good link. Some pictures here.

{{http://people.ffii.org/~zoobab/bh.udev.org/filez/tmp/longshot-90.jpg}}
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-The abbaye of Orval is at 6km from the main city of Florenville, and produces one of the best [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trappist_beer|trappist beer]] of Belgium, and of the world, since there are few trappists.
+We'll stack some Orval & a selection of other Belgian beers.
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-{{http://thebeeremporium.com/media/BelgiumTrappist/orval.jpg}}
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-{{http://www.petits-chanteurs-strasbourg.com/pointe_calendrier/abbaye_d'orval%20.jpg}}

= Maginot =

The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginot_Line | Maginot Line]] was a defense line of France built in the 1930ies between the World War I and World War II. It was easily defeated by the powerful German army at the beginning of the World War II.

{{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Maginot3ix.jpg}}

It can provide high points with good line of sight for longshots and other wifi and antenna tests.

= Mailing =

{{{

================================================================
          Announcing the Wireless Battle Mesh v3.1416
                (Florenville (BE), 3-4-5 Sep 2010)
================================================================
+ * [[http://hackerspace.be | HackerSpaceBrussels]]
 * [[http://0x20.be | hackerspace Ghent]]
 * [[http://battlemesh.org | wireless battle mesh main website]]
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-The Wireless Battle Mesh edition v3.1416 will be held during a 3-day
camp in Florenville, near Orval (South of Belgium).
+= Todo =
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-The Wireless Battle Mesh version 3.1416 aims to test a network of 30
isolated routers with different routing protocols (OLSR, BATMAN, Babel),
in a countryside environnement (cows, trees, pastures, and forests).
+ * Flash the 10 foneras with the latest OpenWRT Backfire
 * Compile and prepare an ipk package for Babeld-z
 * Test the maximal distance between 2 foneras at txpower=1dbm and bitrate=1mbps
 * Test the fonera on batteries
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-Date
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+= Common pad =
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-Start: Friday 03 Sep @ 09:00
End: Sunday 05 Feb @ 20:00
+http://ietherpad.com/ZpoRvBUjFl
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-Goals
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-* Setup of a testbed of 30 nodes, some of them on batteries in remote
  locations (solar and wind powered)
* Data collection, statistics and reproductibility of the experience
* Degustation of local beers
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-We provide
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+(10min walk)
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-* space for your tent
* electricity
* toilets and showers
* internet connectivity

Do not forget:
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* Bring your laptop/computer
* Bring your compatible router(s) with OpenWRT pre-installed
* Bring your WiFi antenna(s) and connectors
* Bring your tent and sleeping bag

Fee
===

We ask for a participation fee of 15EUR for the 3 days, in order to
cover the basic running costs of the event. This does not include food
nor beverages.

Location
========

Henrion Benjamin
rue de Barsinvaut 16
6820 Florenville
Tel: +32-484-566109
Tel: +32-61-315211
Google Maps: http://ur1.ca/065p6
Lat/Long: 49.695821, 5.304556

Transport
=========

Florenville is easily reachable by train (2h00 from Brussels) or by car
(1h30 from Brussels, 1h30 from Luxembourg (.lu),  more details at
http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.1416#Transport

Registration
============

Please register with an email to bh at udev.org with:
1. Name, Surname, and Nickname
2. Address and country
3. Date of arrival and departure
4. Mean of transportation

Web
===

* http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.1416
* http://www.olsr.org
* http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.

Contact
======

Benjamin Henrion
Email: bh at udev.org
GSM: +32-484-566109
Tel: +32-61-315211
IRC: zoobab on Freenode

}}}
+[[http://maps.google.be/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Blekerijstraat,+9000+Gent&daddr=Dampoort&hl=nl&geocode=FRIcCwMdgPE4ACkbmVZWNnHDRzEN_EVZG4ROfw%3BFSQPCwMdAhA5AA&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&dirflg=w&sll=51.058033,3.736038&sspn=0.004376,0.010986&ie=UTF8&ll=51.058188,3.734944&spn=0.008753,0.013797&t=h&z=16 | goog'maps link]]