Battle Mesh v3.3, Godarville (BE), 11-14 Nov 2010

The Wireless Battle Mesh edition v3.3 will be a 4-day camp in Godarville, near Charleroi (South of Belgium). This Wireless Battle Mesh aims to test a network of isolated routers with different routing protocols (OLSR, BATMAN, Babel, WING, AODV-UU, etc...), in a countryside environment (cows, trees, pastures, and forests).

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Mailing

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              Announcing the Wireless Battle Mesh v3.3 
             (Godarville, Belgium), 11-12-13-14 Nov 2010
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The Wireless Battle Mesh edition v3.3 will be a 4-day camp in
Godarville, near Charleroi (South of Belgium). This Wireless Battle Mesh
aims to test a network of isolated routers with different routing
protocols (OLSR, BATMAN, Babel, WING, AODV-UU, etc...), in a countryside
environment (cows, trees, pastures, and forests).

Dates
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Start: Thursday 11th of Nov 2010 @ 09h00
End:   Sunday 14th Nov @ 19h00

Goals
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* Setup of a testbed of nodes, some of them on batteries in remote
* locations
* Data collection, statistics and reproductibility of the experience
* Degustation of local beers

We provide
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* electricity
* toilet and shower
* internet connectivity
* spot to work
* a place to sleep

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

Fee
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We ask for a participation fee of 15EUR for the 4 days, in order to
cover the basic running costs of the event. This does not include food
nor beverages, nor insurance.

Location
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Netflow sprl
94 Rue de Nivelles
7160 Godarville
Belgium
Lat/Long: 50.501992,4.284022
Google Map: http://ur1.ca/1rois
Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoobab/sets/72157624904679481/

Transport
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Godarville is easily reachable by

1) train (1h00 from Brussels)
2) by car (45min from Brussels)
3) by plane (Charleroi-Airport has cheap airlines with Ryanair and Wizzair)

In case you are travelling by plane, we can pick you up at the airport
if you contact us in advance.

Registration
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Please register on doodle:
http://doodle.com/xqmy9qurmrxhvnhf

And send an email to bh at udev.org with:
1. Name, Surname or  Nickname
3. Date of arrival and departure

Contacts
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Thierry Watelet
Email: thierry dot watelet at netflow.be
GSM: +32-495-745 315

Benjamin Henrion
Email: bh at udev.org
GSM: +32-484-566 109

Pieter Heremans 
Email: pieter at l45.be

Philippe De Wolf
Email: info at netflow.be

A dedicated IRC channel is open at #battlemesh on irc.freenode.net

Organisation
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HackerSpaceBrussels (HSB) vzw
Netflow.be

Links
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* http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3.3
* http://www.olsr.org
* http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.
* http://freshmeat.net/projects/aodvruu/
* http://www.wing-project.org/