'''Location:''' [[https://meet.personaltelco.net/PersonalTelcoProjectWeeklyMeetingOnline|Jitsi]]<<BR>>
'''Date and Time:''' Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 6:30pm-9:00pm<<BR>>
'''Scribe:''' You<<BR>>
'''Roll Call:''' RussellSenior,JasonBergstrom,TedBrunner,CourtneyRosenthal,SteveTree<<BR>>

'''Agenda'''

 * Pick location for next weekly
 * ''Your Item Here''

'''Notes'''

 * Node notes:
  * NodeBuffaloGap - Troy requested a check on their network health for fantasy football.
   * Russell rebooted gateway and APs as they had been up for 6 months.
  * NodeAnnapurna - Ted has passed information on previous budget items for wiring to Ole to use in assembling the Umpqua grant request
 * Netgear E8450 - bug in BL2 (v2.9.X, Ted's) first-stage boot loader.
  * NAND flash issue in OpenWRT boot loader (if errors are found in factory partition, even if they would've been recoverable).
  * Failure mode requires pulling apart case and doing a serial recovery
  * Link to refurb: https://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Networking-Wireless-Coverage-Parental/dp/B0998C9T97/?th=1
  * Why RussellSenior likes this: WIFI-6, ARM CPU, 2.5Gbps, stable OpenWRT support -- fairly modern, fairly cheap, fairly capable
  * Notes captured by TedBrunner:
    * Netgear Linksys AX3200 Wi-Fi 6 Router (N8450)                                                                                                     * NOR - robust against error but 100k write limit
    * NAND - can ship with bad blocks, needs OS to
    * E8450 shipped with bl2 bootloader with a bug in v2.2-v2.9
    * boot can give up if it finds a block error
    * fix by serial cable and write into regions
    * need to boot first, laptop side tool
    * get into uboot, and in a UBI volume (has robustness layer)
    * then tftp bl2 blob and write to flash
    * new bl2 handles ELCC recovery work
    * refurb on Amazon ~$50
    * can install OpenWRT from web interface
    * ARM 64 multi core (not MIPS)
    * early on worked with OpenWRT, Russell has good experiences with it
    * fairly modern, cheap, capable
    * other router CUDY uses MIPS
 * Hardware donation - Bridgewave GE60 + mounting hardware, fiber interface
  * base support hardware (but no base pad)
  * 10/100 enet (PoE), GB fiber connector
  * Russell looking to offload for someone that could use (possibly NodeKailash to NodeAnnapurna)
  * Operate as a bi-directional pair (blue/red), missing some parts
 * Next week's meeting is the monthly meeting at [[NodeLuckyLabNW]]

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