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

Dan Staples danstaples at opentechinstitute.org
Tue Aug 27 17:50:06 UTC 2013


On Tue 27 Aug 2013 01:45:20 PM EDT, Darby Hickey wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>     >>>
>     >>> --
>     >>> Darby Hickey
>     >>> Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
>     >>> New America Foundation
>     >>> 202-596-3415 <tel:202-596-3415>
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>     >>>
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>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> Preston Rhea
>     >> Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute
>     >> New America Foundation
>     >> +1-202-570-9770 <tel:%2B1-202-570-9770>
>     >> Twitter: @prestonrhea
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>     >
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I am pretty sure the quick start doesn't let you use invalid characters 
for hostnames or SSIDs now.

And for passwords, I use KeePass (http://keepass.info) for password 
management, but I have no idea how to manage passwords that are 
supposed to be shared among a group...that's a tough question.

--
Dan Staples

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