Mesh Boston Network

The Mesh Boston Network is building out a community controlled, secure, public network in the Greater Boston area. It is organized by James O'Keefe and wgahnagl. You can email us at info@meshboston.net.

Get Involved

We are building a cooperative. To be a member you must do one of the following:

• purchase and setup a node in the Greater Boston area (see below);
• volunteer during the year;
• donate $5+/month.

You can get involved by:

• attending our weekly video meetings at 11am on Sundays;
• joining the MassMesh Outreach channel.
• subscribing to our email list;
• volunteering at one of our upcoming events listed below;
• setting up a node in your area (see below);
• setting up a recurring donation or Donating equipment;
• distributing our flyers: Style 1 or Style 2. More styles/formats...

Upcoming Events

• Table at MIT Swap Fest, September 18th, 9am-2pm
• Table at Brookline Day, September 18th, 11am-3pm
• Table at Boston Anarchist Bookfair, October 22nd-23rd, 9am-5pm

Hosting a Node

If you just want to host a node, sign up and we will contact you. You can get started by following the Node Setup instructions if you have the required hardware.

Due to the chip supply shortage Raspberry Pi 4Bs 1GB, which we use to encrypt communications over the Yggdrasil network, are in shorter supply. PiShop now has a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4B Beginners Kit that has all the components you need except an SDCard, though it has twice the memory needed. Other places to find them, when they are available, include Microcenter in Cambridge, MA and PiShop. You can find other sellers at the bottom of the Raspberry Pi 4B page.

We are looking at using old PCs as a fallback until Raspberry Pis are available. If you want to help with that effort, contact us.

Meeting Minutes

Our meeting minutes are available.

2022

• 11/13 - We will meet at our table at the Boston Anarchist Bookfair.
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/10/23
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/10/16
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/10/09
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/10/02
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/09/25
• 9/18 - No meeting today. Join us at:
  • MIT Swap Fest,9am-2pm or
  • Brookline Day, 11am-3pm
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/09/11
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/09/04
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/08/28
• 8/21 - We will meet at our table at the MIT Swap Fest.
• 8/20 - Test two node setup, noon-2pm, Somerville
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/08/14
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/08/07
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/07/31
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/07/24
• 7/17 - We will meet at our table at the MIT Swap Fest.
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/07/10
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/06/26
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/06/19
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/06/12 - Canceled
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/06/05
• 2022/05/29 Potluck, noon-2pm. Details and sign up.
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/05/22
• No meeting 2022/05/15
• No meeting 2022/05/08
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/05/01
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/04/24
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/04/17
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/04/10
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/04/03
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/03/27
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/03/20
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/03/13
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/03/06
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/02/27
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/02/20
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/02/13
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/02/06
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/01/30
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/01/23
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/01/09
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/01/02

2021

• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2021/11/14
• Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2021/11/07