The originally planned curriculum (see [PokharaWorkshopCurriculumOriginal] was adjusted during the workshop, taking into account the participants experience levels and expectations.

A full archive version of the workshop wiki is available here: ​http://nepal.wire.less.dk/wiki/

General

• Breakfast: 7.30 h
• Morning session: 9.00 - 12.30 h (with a little break in the middle)
• Lunch: 12.30h
• Afternoon session: 14.00h - 18.30h (with tea and snack break)
• Dinner: 21.00h
• Evenings: open for LABs, meeting in the workshop room, questions, exercise, ...

Day by Day

Monday, 14 Sept

• Arrivals during the day

Tuesday, 15 Sept

• Opening & Welcome
  • Introductions, motivations, expectations? - see ​http://nepal.wire.less.dk/wiki/index.php/Who_is_here
    • Who we are
    • What we expect to learn and do
    • What we expect to do in the future
    • Language wishes

• The Nepalwireless / Mustang Network - Intro [Indiver]

• How to share what we learn - introduction to working with wikis [Sebastian] - demo and exercise with workshop servers' mediawiki

• Wireless devices - basic configuration - [Sebastian] - ​wireless_device_configuration_2009.pdf

LAB1: Wireless configuration lab: APs - with focus on Ubiquiti & Linksys gear - building a simple Mustang network in the classroom

Wednesday, 16 Sept

• continue LAB1: Configuration

• Introduction to radio physics [Sebastian] - ​wireless_radio-physics_slides_edit_nepal.pdf
• Introduction to link budget and dB math [Sebastian] - ​wireless_link__budget_slides_edit_nepal.pdf

LAB 2: Link Budgets [[Sebastian] - ​wireless_link__budget_slides_edit_nepal.pdf

• Long links [sebastian, using Material by Ermanno Pietrosemoli] ​Long_Distance_Links_2009-screen_Ermanno.pdf
  • Long links in south america [Sebastian, using Ermannos slides] and Nepal [Mahabir]

Thursday, 17 Sept

• Structured Troubleshooting - theory and exercise [Sebastian] - ​structured_troubleshooting_2009_slides.pdf
• Internet Protocols - IP planning - subnetting, routing, etc [Gaurab]

• Antenna Basics [sebastian] ​wireless_antennas-cables_slides_edit_2009_nepal.pdf
• Planning software (Radio_Mobile), field techniques (GPS, compass, etc)

LAB3: Radio_Mobile

• Preparing village work for next week; calculate and evaluate possibilties for a 400 km link

Friday, 18 Sept

• Power over Ethernet, grounding, and lightning protection [Sebastian]
• Outdoor installation
  • General weather protection, lightning protection and grounding

LAB4: BWireless device configuration, continued

Saturday, 19 Sept

• Preparation of Village Installations: Link planning, node sheets, equipment configuration, logistics

LAB5: Wireless device configuration for actual deployment

Additonal evening sessions and sessions during deployment

• Dimensioning of solar power systems (needs material)
• PoE practical (needs material)
• GNU/Linux basics, installing and running Ubuntu