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The donation
A bunch of Meraki Outdoor "Sparky" units were donated to Noisebridge.
MIT Article referring to a "SF Mesh" http://www.technologyreview.com/hack/410322/meraki-outdoor/
Documentation
Specs
- Atheros AR2317@180Mhz
- 32 MB RAM
- 8 MB Flash
- 802.11B/G
- POE support
- 4.5-18V
Radio
- 200 mW (23 dBm) peak transmission power*
- Enhanced receive sensitivity
- External RP-SMA connector
- 802.11 b/g (1 - 54 Mbps)
- 2 dBi omni-directional antenna included
Power
- 5 - 22 V DC
- Power Over Ethernet, 12 - 22 V (non 802.3af )
- Power consumption: 12 W max; 3 W typical
- 15 V/0.8 A DC power adapter included
- Power Over Ethernet injector included
Environment
- Operating temperature: 14° F – 122° F (-10° C – 50° C)
- IP - 66 environmental rating
Interfaces / Ports
- Two 10/100 Mbps auto-crossover Ethernet ports:
automatically detects PC or gateway operation
- Signal strength LED
Source: Meraki Data Sheet [1]
FCC Forms
- Ad Hoc Declaration: https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855552
- Construction Photos - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855555
- Internal Photos - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855556
- RF Exposure - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855561
- Test Report 1 - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855563
- Test Report 2 - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855564
- Test Setup Photos - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855565
- User Manual - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855566
Manuals
Components
Where projects are the units going to?
- Dana wants to take 20 units for a community project (I'm in possession of 14 units as of 2013.11.27. If any go unused I will return them for other uses. ~ dana)
- Sudoroom is interested in all the units for their open mesh networking project.
- Dan would like at least 1 outdoor version and 5-10 boards to provide wifi in the Mission around Noisebridge. https://openwireless.org nodes
- Adrian wants several to improve Atheros support in FreeBSD
- Jof wants boards for mesh testing
- J.C. has 2 boards for testing.