Welcome to the HSMM mesh Consortium

Brought to by Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club

AndSpecial Thanks to Community College of

Rhode Island

What we are going to be coveringWhat is HSMM mesh and Demo of our

growing HSMM meshIntro HSMM-PI VPN gatewayOpen summit on what we might want to use

HSMM in the future. AFTERNOON session (separate classes)

How to set up Linksys router with HSMM 1.0How to set up HSMM-PI VPN client (and

server if time permits)

What is HSMM-Mesh?Mesh wireless network

Using Router that have HSMM mesh software installed we create a network just for hams that is self healing the more routers the better.

What does it have to do with Ham radio Channel one of 802.11B/G wireless band is

shared with the ham radio 2.4ghz band Ham radio on the 2.4 ghz band allows us to

use 100watts of power . Or 50dbm FCC part 97 rules instead of part 15

What do we use for hardwareWe use different hardware one is the

WRT54G linksys router. Can be found used for around $25.00

We don’t need a computer to be connected to mesh with other routers.

You don’t need to be physically connected to the node to make changes.

You can connect to any other node that is connected from your node.

What is HSMM-PI VPNHSMM-PI is HSMM for Raspberry PI.HSMM-PI VPN is VPN software

What is a VPN Virtual Private NetworkRaspberry PI is a small $35.00 open source PC that has no extra peripherals. VPN is a Virtual

tunnel that allows you to connect networks thru the WEB (in our case)

What does this mean?By creating a VPN this allows us to connect

up HSMM networks that would not be able to be connected up using the Wireless mesh.

This is done using $50.00 worth of parts on both sides of network and using the internet to connect up networks.

Web

Home Router

Home Router

Summit What should we do with HSMM-Mesh?The goal of this summit is to take 20 min and

brain storm on what we should set up on our HSMM-Mesh system.

Lets Break for lunch We will be having 2 classes

How to program and set up a linksys routerHow to set up HSMM-PI VPN

These classes will start in 45 min.