Freifunk beginners workshop and advanced settings
Friday, May 11th - 7:30pm sharp (we want to give some spare time to previous lections) -10:30pm ceminar room, c-base, Rungestr. 20, Berlin-Mitte
The workshop will be held in english (unless all participants are fluent in german language).
Topics
- Part 1 - Basic setup (~ 1hr)
- Find ur hardware
- get ur firmware, creds and ips
- Flashing the router
- Basic setup (community-tunnel keys, share internet, …)
- View statistics, etc.
- Part 2 - Advanced setup (~ 1,5hrs)
Project: Use wifi for uplink instead of ethernet- Networks, interfaces, the Freifunk network and its services
- Configure the tunnel-firmware to use a wifi-uplink
- Shell access, logread, config files and hotplug scripts
- Modify the no-tunnel-firmware to use a wifi-uplink
Requirements
Please bring the following things to the workshop:
- Laptop to configure the router
- Network cable to connect the router to the laptop
- Router for flashing, that is suitable for the Freifunk firmware (at least 8MB flash, recommended: GL-AR150, GL-MT300N, WR842N/ND)
We will order 10 GL-AR150 that can be used during the workshop and purchased at the cost price (~28€) after the workshop.
Don't forget the micro USB power adapter.
Optional (can be useful):
- Power strip
- Mobile phone to check our new hotspot
Detailed topics and link list
Participants
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- Thorsten, Freifunk Spandau
- Holger, Freifunk Spandau
- Alex, Berlin
- Richard, Berlin
- Holger, Schöneiche
- Franka (2 people), Berlin
- Rainer-Maria, Berlin
- Christian, Berlin
- p1ng0ut, Leipzig
- Robin, Berlin (bringt eigenen Router mit)
- Sascha, Berlin (mit eigenem Router)
- Nicole und Fabian, Falkenhagener Feld Spandau
- Frieder, Schöneberg
- Martin, Fürstenwalde (mit eigenem Router)
- Olaf, Netherlands (i'll bring my own x86 based lede router)
- Evgeny, Berlin (with own router)