Docsy Blog

• Announcements
• CAREDN Supernode Deployed
• KD9MSN Joined the Mesh
• KB9MNM Joined the Mesh
• N9AEP Joined the Mesh
• WA9KJE Joined the Mesh
• CAREDN at NS9RC Field Day
• KC9MHE Joined the Mesh
• N9NLE Joined the Mesh
• New CAREDN PBX Available
• WU2S Joined the Mesh
• KV3T to Park Tower RF Connection
• W9DMC Joined the Mesh
• CAREDN Information Session
• Park Tower Node Installed
• News About Docsy
• The second blog post

Announcements

CAREDN Supernode Deployed

CAREDN Supernode Deployed

Good morning hand happy Sunday to all.

As of this morning, CAREDN is now on the new AREDN paradigm whereby there is a single network connection to the ‘outside world’, via KV3T-CHI-SUPERNODE. That means that when you go to the mesh screen of your CAREDN connected node, you will now see only nodes in our local network on your mesh screen. However, you will also a new option at the top of the screen called “cloud mesh”. When you click on this button, you will see all of the nodes from all over the world, just like before. Those nodes and services all over the world are still available and should work just like they did before, however now in a much more efficient way. This supernode paradigm allows the supernode to act as a single gateway to the outside world, that way all of the OSLR traffic within our Chicago network can be very concise and efficient, and only when you need to reach beyond our local network, does the larger network come into play. In an analogy with a home internet network, it is kind of like our Chicago network is all one big LAN, and my supernode is the gateway to the internet. Local LAN traffic will traverse the local Chicago network quickly and efficiently without accidentally routing across the world before going back to the node a few miles away (which was something that I observed happen previously). Now my supernode is keeping track of the rest of the world, and therefore the rest of the nodes on the network need not do so.

In order to keep this system working as intended, I would ask that other users NOT setup their own supernode. I know it is tempting because it says ‘super’ in the name, but having dual supernodes in a single ‘mesh island’ is not how the system is intended to work, and will cause issues with routing.

You can see the current supernodes deployed world wide (including ours) at the public mesh map at the following URL: https://arednmap.xojs.org/

If you are on the CAREDN mesh, you can see the local nodes at our local meshmap instance at the following domain: http://kv3t-meshmap.local.mesh/meshmap/webpage/

If you would like to learn more about supernodes, here are a few additional good reads about the concept behind supernodes, how they work, what problem them solve, and how they do so:

• AREDN 3.23.12.0 Release Notes
• AREDN Documentation on Supernode Architecture
• KN6LPV Proposal and White paper that prompted Supernode Development

KD9MSN Joined the Mesh

KD9MSN Joined the Mesh

Daniel Halter, KD9MSN, joined the mesh via a tunnel connection. Welcome to the CAREDN mesh network Daniel.

Daniel is a near neighbor to Casey, KV3T, but just a bit outside of RF range. Casey and Daniel are hoping they can somehow, some day, get an RF connection up between their two QTHs.

KB9MNM Joined the Mesh

KB9MNM Joined the Mesh

Dave Wright, KB9MNM, joined the mesh via a tunnel connection. Welcome to the CAREDN mesh network Dave.

N9AEP Joined the Mesh

N9AEP Joined the Mesh

Art, N9AEP, joined the mesh via a tunnel connection. Art is currently the NS9RC club Communications Director. He is excited to get on the mesh and start learning about the technology that powers it.

WA9KJE Joined the Mesh

WA9MHE Joined the Mesh

Sonny, WA9KJE, joined the mesh via an RF link to the NS9RC Park Tower site, from his QTH. Welcome to CAREDN Sonny.

CAREDN at NS9RC Field Day

CAREDN at NS9RC Field Day

To all who are interested in learning more about AREDN, please join us at the NS9RC field day event, the afternoon of June 25th at Clarkson Park in Northfield.

I will have two larger relay nodes on site and spread out, with IP Phones, cameras, and one of which is entirely battery powered. Additionally, I will have several other nodes around for demonstrations and testing. If you have any AREDN hardware about, please bring it as well and get it connected into our network. If you have a new device, I’ll be happy to help you flash the AREDN firmware to it on site. It is a good opportunity to explore AREDN a bit, do some testing, and if you have any questions I’ll be happy to talk you though it.

Hardware will include:

• NS9RC Relay Station
  • Mikrotik LHGXL “NS9RC-5G-LHGXL”
    • IP Camera
    • IP Phone
  • Ubiquiti Rocket M2 / Ubiquiti 120° Sector Antenna “KV3T-2G-RELAY”
• KV3T Service Station
  • Ubiquiti Rocket M2 / Cisco high gain patch antenna “NS9RC-2G-M2”
    • PTZ IP Camera
    • IP Phone
• KV3T Service Node
  • GL.iNet GL-AR300M “KV3T-2G-AR300M”
• KV3T Service Node
  • GL.iNet GL-AR150 “KV3T-2G-AR150”
• NS9RC Service Node
  • GL.iNet GL-AR150 “KV3T-2G-AR150”
• KV3T Cell Phone Service Node (Can connect your cell phone directly to the mesh)
  • GL.iNet GL-USB150 “KV3T-2G-USB150”
  • Can demo using a cellphone directly on the mesh to call the other IP phones
• Additionally, we will be be connected to CAREDN, so you will be able to see all other devices on CAREDN, and see all other services hosted there.

I cannot wait to show off and play with these nodes. I’ll see you all there.

All the best, Casey KV3T

EDIT: Here are a couple of images captured over the CAREDN after we had setup on Friday afternoon:

KC9MHE Joined the Mesh

KC9MHE Joined the Mesh

Eric Muehistein, KC9MHE, joined the mesh via an RF link to the NS9RC Park Tower site, from his QTH. Welcome to the mesh Eric.

N9NLE Joined the Mesh

N9NLE Joined the Mesh

Don Bryant, N9NLE, joined the mesh via a tunnel connection. Don is a retired Director of Emergency Management for Kane County, and is exploring the development of an AREDN network in Kane County to link the 911 center with the 5 county-based hospitals as well as the county EOC.

New CAREDN PBX Available

New CAREDN PBX Available

As of today, the new PBX Casey has been hosting is offline, and Randy, WU2S has brought online a new permanent PBX. See the PBX documentation as there are many features and functions available, as well as a connection to the larger Mesh Phone system.

To setup a new phone, please reach out to Randy, WU2S, directly.

WU2S Joined the Mesh

WU2S Joined the Mesh

Randy - WU2S - joined the mesh via a tunnel.

KV3T to Park Tower RF Connection

KV3T to Park Tower RF Connection Established

As of today, the CAREDN mesh network looks like this:

W9DMC Joined the Mesh

W9DMC Joined the Mesh

David Calascibetta - W9DMC - joined the mesh via a tunnel.

As of today, the CAREDN mesh network looks like this:

CAREDN Information Session

Virtual CAREDN Meeting

A virtual info session will be held this evening with anyone interested in getting involved. Topics to be discussed are how you can get involved, what hardware is needed, and what can be done with AREDN in the area.

Park Tower Node Installed

CAREDN is Officially Launched

As of today, CAREDN officially exists. This morning a group installed the first anchor node in the CAREDN mesh network. It is located at park tower and is widely accessible to the near north side of Chicago. More information on this node is available here.

As of today, the CAREDN mesh network looks like this:

News About Docsy

The second blog post

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