Sparky

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The donation

A donated Meraki board

A bunch of Meraki Outdoor "Sparky" units were donated to Noisebridge.

OpenWRT install details

MIT Article referring to a "SF Mesh" http://www.technologyreview.com/hack/410322/meraki-outdoor/

meraki.com

Documentation

Specs

  • Atheros AR2317@180Mhz
  • 32 MB RAM
  • 8 MB Flash
  • 802.11B/G
  • POE support
  • 4.5-18V

Source

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


Manuals

Components

  • Hynix256M (16Mx16bit) SDRAM Memory "HY57V561620FTP-H" (U11) [2]
  • "SS54" (D2, D3, D4) [3]

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.