[Commotion-discuss] Is There A Meshnet Around Reston, Virginia?

[Nick Skelsey]

Hi Casey,

There is a group of Ham radio operators in Maryland and Virginia who have
put up ubiquiti equipment to form what they call the Mid-Atlantic IP
Network (MAIPN).

I believe the bigger installations operate in the 5GHz spectrum, so to join
you might need a ham license.

http://www.remoteamateur.com/Home1503.aspx

You could try contacting them.

  Nick


On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Casey White <jcaseywhite at gmail.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> To respond to your last message. I'm not in a rural area. Reston, Virginia
> is actually fairly close to Washington DC, I'd call it a suburb. Funny
> because based on the Commotion Wireless website, that's where they are
> headquartered. My issue is is two fold:
> 1) I understand that commotion wireless is about trying to create a Mesh
> with the community you live, but is there a way to find other commotion
> wireless communities close to where I live in order to combine mesh
> networks, or join an existing mesh?
> 2) I understand commotion wireless orginally was not encrypted; However,
> there are rumors going around that one could use Cjdns with commotion
> wireless. If true, that Would be preferable because Would like end to end
> encryption.
> On Feb 6, 2016 8:19 AM, "john whelan" <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you've arrived at the right place.  The old messages are archived
>> but if you look to the left you can read them directly.
>>
>> First I don't have one running, I have a couple of devices on order to
>> play with so anything I say is theoretical.  I'm in Ottawa Canada and I'm
>> fairly certain here is no mesh near me.
>>
>> I think you have to work out what functionality you want and go from
>> there.  For example are you rural and want Internet access
>> or do you have some other use for it?  One use might be using smartphones
>> on wifi.
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
>> On 5 February 2016 at 23:17, Casey White <jcaseywhite at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello! This is my first time on the Commotion Discuss list. I want to
>>> setup a node around my property, but was wondering if there were other
>>> MeshNets in Northern Virginia, specifically around Reston, that I don't
>>> know about. I tried to find a network map but had trouble finding one.
>>> Also, the discussion list kind of confused me. I could only find the The
>>> Commotion Discuss Archives list. Is that the right place?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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