Personal Telco University

Schedule

Location: Portland State University, Portland Oregon http://www.pdx.edu

Building: Smith Center Student Union PSU campus map

Dates/Room:

Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Enrollment is limited - Please notify DarrinEden if you plan on attending.

Homework

• Assignment 1: Create a WikiWord on this MoinMoin WikiWiki for your name (example: DarrinEden).

• Assignment 2: Create an entry in NodeDb for your prospective final project node.

• Assignment 3: Install SubVersion and check out.

Courses

• == Class One ==

• PersonalTelco Model, Operation and Organization

  • Mission
    • "We are here to promote and build public wireless networks through community support and education."
      • Promote

        • Press

        • Outreach
      • Build
        • Nodes/Hotspots
        • PTPnet
      • Community Support
        • Volunteers
          • Inspire, Educate, Put To Work

        • SellingFree

          • Local Buisness Owners
          • Creating and maintaining business relationships
        • Donations
          • Money
            • Paypal

            • FundRaising

            • Grants
          • Gear
            • Grants
            • Contributions
            • Gimmes
        • Like Minded Groups

          • Freenetworks

          • Free Geek

      • Education
  • History
    • Beginings

      • February 2001 Gathering

    • Growth
    • Changes

      • AdamShands Farewell Address

    • The PTPnet
    • Capos and Directors
    • The Now
  • Core Values

    • What is Free Culture

    • Wireless Commons Manifesto

    • Freenetworks Peering Agreement

    • The Benefits of Giving It Away
    • Viral Propagation
  • Organization
    • Legal Framework

      • Articles of Incorporation

      • Bylaws

      • Membership Agreement

      • NonProfit

        • What is a 501c3

    • Members
      • Voting Membership

        • Eligibility

      • NonVoting Membership

    • The Board
      • President
      • Treasurer
      • Secretary

    • The Region Captians

      • SouthEast

      • NorthEast

      • SouthWest

      • NorthWest

      • NorthAndBeyond

    • The Directors
      • Press
      • Technology
      • Community
      • Education
    • The Advisors
  • Communication Tools
    • Wiki

      • Overview

      • PTP Specifics
    • Email

      • Overview

      • PTP Specifics

        • If you need help, or have a general question, please send an email to info@personaltelco.net, and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

        • PTP Contact List shows the individuals who are in charge of specific parts of running the PTP

        • The General MailingList is set up to ask questions, put forth ideas and get to know the other memebers of the PTP.

    • IRC

      • Overview

      • PTP Specifics

    • Request Tracker

      • Overview

      • PTP Specifics
    • Face to face
      • Meetings
        • Monthly
          • Every month we try and get together for some face time at our monthly meeting. They are informal events; anyone interested in learning more or helping out is welcome to come and ask (or answer) questions. We try to keep the meeting agenda page up to date so people can come informed with some idea of what to expect. Monthly meetings are normally held on the last Wednesday of each month, but occasionally vary due to space availability. Times are announced on the general and announce mailing lists, on the news page, and on the monthly meeting page.
        • Weekly
          • A small group of core members gather almost every week at our weekly meetings. We get together to work on problems that need to be solved. If you are just looking for help getting started your best bet is the mailing lists, but if you're looking to get seriously involved, this is the best way to meet the team. Weekly meetings are normally held every Tuesday, except the last week of each month, in which case the monthly meeting takes precedence. Times are normally announced on the general list a couple of days before they happen.
        • Playdays
          • Playdays are a time and place for all interested people to gather, listen to some presenters, exchange ideas, break up into focused groups and work at building up each others' knowledge. Often the Playdays have a focus of one particular topic.
        • Workshops
          • Workshops are set up to work on particular projects. They tend to be very hands-on and often produce items of use by the participants or the PTP in general.

        • AdHoc

• == Class Two ==
• Using PTP Nodes
  • How to find a node

    • The PTP Node Map Page

    • Handouts at the Nodes

    • NodeDB

    • War*ing

      • WarDriving

      • WarStrollering

      • Tools

        • Netstumbler - Windows

        • Kisemet - Linux

        • APRadar - Linux

        • Kismac - Mac

  • How to connect to a node
    • Common Info
      • Layer 1 Air
      • Layer 2 802.11
        • essid - Exteneded Set Service Identifier
          • www.personaltelco.net
      • Layer 3 TCP/IP
        • DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protcol
    • Windows
      • PreXP
        • Each Manufacturer has thier own drivers and control setups
      • XP
        • Attempts to unify all the setups across manufactures
        • Windows Wireless Zero Config
    • Apple
      • Manufacturers Driver/Apps
    • Linux
      • Manufacturers Driver/Apps
      • Wrappers to use other OSs Driver/Apps
      • Third Party Driver/Apps
    • Other
  • Services Offered
    • Local content
      • Node Owners Info
        • Menus, art display, whats happening
      • Local music, art, etc
      • Localized content
        • Debian Mirror
        • Cached/Mirrored sites
  • Reporting Problems
    • General Mailing List
    • Phone Contact
    • RT
  • Suggestion Changes
    • General Mailing List

    
    
    

  == Class Three ==

• Installing and Maintaining DebianLinux

  • Definitions and overview
    • Why GNU/Linux
      • Free is Good (free as in speach and free as in beer)
    • Why Debian
      • apt-get does package managment realy well
      • Stable
      • Gnu based philiosophy

  • Getting and installing Debian GNU/Linux

  • Software available in the Debian system

  • Debian package management system

  • Keeping your Debian system up-to-date

    • AptGet

  • Debian and the kernel
  • Customizing your installation of Debian GNU/Linux
  • Getting support for Debian GNU/Linux
  • Contributing to the Debian Project
  • Installing Debian for PTP Node Use
    • Use the Stable Debain 3.0 ISO
      • 2.4 kernel
      • Partition the HD has two steps main steps:
        • First use the partition tool to determine hda#, primary/logical, swap/bootable type and size. When these values are completed, use the "write" command to commit changes to the hard drive. This process will drop you back into the main installation menu.
        • Second, select "initiate the hard drive" from the main menu. This allows you to select file system type ext3 and label the partitions.
        • hda1 - primary - swap - 256mb
        • hda2 - bootable - primary - ext3 - 256mb - /
        • hda3 - primary - ext3 - 512mb - /var
        • hda5 - logical - ext3 - 1gb - /home
        • Whatever is left, leave be until after the node is finsihed and tested
      • Install the modules for the 2 NIC cards
        • How to find the NIC card type
  • Turning a Debian Install into a PTP node

    • What is Nocat

    • Routing

    • Builder

    • NoCatException - allow certina MAC/IPs to bypass NoCat

• == Class Four ==
• TCP/IP Networking

  • Overview of TCP/IP

  • The Seven Layer World View (OSI)

  • MAC Addresses

  • TCP & UDP

  • Network Services / Port Numbers
  • Basic Configuration
  • The Network Interface

    • Overview

    • Configuring

    • NetworkCalculator

  • Routing

    • Overview

    • Configuring
  • DNS

    • Overview

    • Configuring
  • Local Network Services
  • Network Security
  • Troubleshooting TCP/IP
  • What is NAT

• == Class Five ==
• RF and 802.11

  • Introduction to Radio Propagation

    • Frequency

    • Amplitude

    • Phase

    • A To D Converter

    • Overview of 802.11

      • 802.11a/g/cablemodem/etc

        • OFDM

        • QPSK

      • 802.11b
        • CCK
      • 802.11y

        • DSSS

        • FHSS

        • PCC
    • Antennas

      • Overview

        • EIRP

      • Types of

        • Omni
        • Sector/Patch
        • Yagi/Vagi(phased array yagi)
        • Parbole/Dish
        • Helical
        • Phase Array

      • Polarization Is Important

      • DIY

        • DIY Cantennas

      • Commercial

• Introduction to Wireless Networks

  • Overview of 802.11

    • MAC Media Access Controller

      • 802.11 MAC is based on 802.3 (Ethernet)

      • The difference is Collision Avoidence

        • CSMA

      • What does it do
        • Beacon
        • Associate
        • Authenticate
• Not Covered In Class
  • Security
  • Management Operations

  • Physical Layer Overview

  • Using 802.11 on Linux
  • Using 802.11 Access Points
  • 802.11 Network Deployment
  • 802.11 Network Analysis
  • 802.11 Performance Tuning

• == Class Six ==
• Network Maintenance
  • Nagios

    • Overview

    • PTP Specifics
  • Cacti

    • Overview

    • PTP Specifics
  • AIDE

    • Overview

    • PTP Specifics
  • SNMP

    • Overview

    • PTP Specifics
  • SVN

    • Overview

    • PTP Specifics

  • SmokePing

    • Overview

    • PTP Specifics
  • VPN
    • Overview
    • PTP Specifics
  • Scripts
    • Log Rotation
    • Nocat Data Gathering

• == Class Seven ==

• PortlandOregon TopoGraphy

  • Portland: Rivers, Valleys, Hills and Mountains

  • GPS

  • Trees Are The Enemy

  • GIS Tools

    • Introduction to GIS

    • Topozone's Portland Maps Online

    • Radio Mobile for Windows

  • GPS+GIS - Placing Node Info On A Map

    • Kismet

    • Wigle

  • City of Portland

    • Portland Maps

• == Class Eight ==
• Final Project

• == Suggested Reading List ==

  • Building Wireless Community Networks, 2nd Edition

  • 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide

  • TCP/IP Network Administration, 3rd Edition

  • Wireless Hacks

Faculty

• DarrinEden

• TomHiggins

• KeeganQuinn

• RobertPetersen

• AaronBaer

• ...and special guests

Location

• PersonalTelcoUniversityCampus

Tuition

Nominal

Scholarships

Fifteen scholarships will be awarded to first incoming class. Three selected by each RegionCaptain.

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