From bb24ba7a9bee35e5b28815fcdbed55df6681e6f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:46:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update mesh image hashes --- Makefile | 2 +- doc/EN/mesh.org | 2 +- website/EN/mesh.html | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 6d410569..ff274b51 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ APP=freedombone -VERSION=1.01 +VERSION=1.02 RELEASE=1 PREFIX?=/usr/local diff --git a/doc/EN/mesh.org b/doc/EN/mesh.org index c97c6a7a..54600b56 100644 --- a/doc/EN/mesh.org +++ b/doc/EN/mesh.org @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ wget https://freedombone.net/downloads/mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img.xz wget https://freedombone.net/downloads/mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img.xz.sig gpg --verify mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img.xz.sig sha256sum mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img.xz -2f01bad37a209b54a6d0f4b1a457be51aad8e9878a42c6922d33092a39ecabb7 +7e59ccd65421f34edf8719274d1197a45fe21b1da83a7185f849abd0f54e895c unxz mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img.xz sudo dd bs=1M if=mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img of=/dev/sdX conv=fdatasync #+end_src diff --git a/website/EN/mesh.html b/website/EN/mesh.html index eb6adc47..5949af45 100644 --- a/website/EN/mesh.html +++ b/website/EN/mesh.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + @@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag. Mesh networks are useful as a quick way to make a fully decentralised communications system which is not connected to or reliant upon the internet. Think festivals, hacker conferences, onboard ships at sea, disaster/war zones, small business internal office communications, protests, remote areas of the world, temporary "digital blackouts", scientific expeditions and off-world space colonies. The down side is that you can't access any internet content. The upside is that you can securely communicate with anyone on the local mesh. No ISPs. No payments or subscriptions beyond the cost of obtaining the hardware. Systems need to be within wifi range of each other for the mesh to be created. It can be an ultra-convenient way to do purely local communications.

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"Client" isn't exactly the right term, but it's a mesh peer with a user interface. These images can be copied to a USB drive, then you can plug it into a laptop/netbook/desktop machine and boot from it. You will probably also need an Atheros USB wifi dongle, because most built-in wifi usually requires proprietary firmware. In the commands below substitute /dev/sdX with the USB drive device, excluding any trailing numbers (eg. /dev/sdb).

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Routers are intended to build network coverage for an area using small and low cost hardware. You can bolt them to walls or leave them on window ledges. They don't have any user interface and their only job is to haul network traffic across the mesh. Copy the image to a microSD card and insert it into the router, plug in an Atheros wifi dongle and power on. That should be all you need to do.

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sudo apt-get install xz-utils wget
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 gpg --verify mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img.xz.sig
 sha256sum mesh-router-beaglebone-black.img.xz
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It's better not to trust images downloaded from random places on the interwebs. Chances are that unless you are in the web of trust of the above GPG signatures then they don't mean very much to you. If you actually want something trustworthy then build the images from scratch. It will take some time. Here's how to do it.

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When you first boot from the USB drive the system will create some encryption keys, assign a unique network address to the system and then reboot itself. When that's done you should see a prompt asking for a username. This username just makes it easy for others to initially find you on the mesh and will appear in the list of users.