[Commotion-discuss] Examples of node naming conventions/systems

[Darby Hickey]

Thanks Aaron forthe update. What do yall do to keep track of passwords, and
which nodes the pertain to? Any words of advice for someone new to
community networks on that?

Thanks Grady. Just to clarify, every node has the same name,
CommunityWireless, is that correct?

On the topic of splash pages, we should get some examples of those for
people to see, as well.


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Grady Johnson
<grady at opentechinstitute.org>wrote:

> In Columbia Heights we experimented with different naming conventions,
> ultimately settling on CommuntityWireless so that it it was obvious what
> it was and so that you could seamlessly walk between nodes.
>
> From there, we allowed node hosts to customize the text and layout of
> their splash pages, so they could differentiate themselves that way.
>
> Also, do NOT use spaces, as (at least with PR3) this caused seriously
> problems and the node would have to be reset through direct connection
> and not wirelessly. Which is frustrating for already deployed nodes.
>
> On 08/27/2013 11:51 AM, Darby Hickey wrote:
> > Thanks Aaron and Preston, this is great! Any one else have
> recommendations?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Preston Rhea <
> > prestonrhea at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
> >
> >> pIn Mount Pleasant and Red Hook, hostname and AP naming works like
> >> this: SLUG-Name
> >>
> >> In Mount Pleasant, every node starts with MtPCWN and is followed by a
> >> name that the owner / host of the node chooses. So,
> >> MtPCWN-TowerofPower, MtPCWN-1825Ingle, MtPCWN-Paloma.
> >>
> >> in Red Hook, they've finally settled on RHWIFI-NAME. With Quickstart,
> >> it has to be a -, not a _, between names. And spaces aren't a great
> >> idea in hostnames.
> >>
> >> But there are other options of course! You can also name every node
> >> with the same AP and it will appear as only one SSID.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Darby Hickey
> >> <darbyhickey at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
> >>> Hi all
> >>>
> >>> We are working on our "Commotion Construction Kit" materials to help
> >> people
> >>> set up their own networks. I am currently looking for some examples of
> >> node
> >>> naming conventions/systems so that a new person to wireless networking
> >> can
> >>> easily get the idea. Also maybe examples of password creating
> >>> conventions/systems, both for Admin and for APs.
> >>>
> >>> If anyone has anything they'd be willing to share, that would be great!
> >>> Credit given of course, and we would change any identifying information
> >> that
> >>> shouldn't be shared out.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Darby
> >>>
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> >>> Darby Hickey
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Darby Hickey
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