Personal Telco University

Schedule

Inaugural classes to meet September 2004. Second class to meet January 2005.

Courses

PersonalTelco Model, Operation and Organization
- Mission
  - "We are here to promote and build public wireless networks through community support and education."
    - Promote
      - [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/PressCoverage Press]
      - Outreach
    - Build
      - Nodes/Hotspots
      - PTPnet
    - Community Support
      - Volunteers
        Inspire, Educate, Put To Work
      - Local Buisness Owners
        Creating and maintaining business relationships
      - Donations
        Money
        Paypal
        FundRaising
        Grants
        Gear
        Grants
        Contributions
        Gimmes
      - Like Minded Groups
        [http://www.freenetworks.org Freenetworks]
        [http://www.freegeek.org/ Free Geek]
    - Education
- History
  - Beginings
    - [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MeetingFebruary2001 February 2001 Gathering]
  - Growth
  - Changes
    - [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/PartingSpeech AdamShands Farewell Address]
  - The PTPnet
  - Capos and Directors
  - The Now
- Core Values
  - [http://www.free-culture.cc/freeculture.pdf What is Free Culture]
  - [http://www.personaltelco.net/static/publications/manifesto-trifold.sxw Wireless Commons Manifesto]
  - The Benifits of Giving It Away
  - Viral Propigation
- Organization
  - Legal Framework
    - [http://www.personaltelco.net/download/nonprofit/PTP_Articles.doc Articles of Incorporation]
    - [http://www.personaltelco.net/download/nonprofit/PTP_bylaws.doc Bylaws]
    - [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MembershipAgreement Membership Agreement]
    - NonProfit
      - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501c3 What is a 501c3]
  - Members
    - Voting Membership
      - [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MembershipAgreement Eligibility]
    - NonVoting Membership
  - The Board
    - President
    - Treasurer
    - Secretary
  - The Region Captians
  - The Directors
    - Press
    - Technology
    - Community
    - Education
  - The Advisors
- Communication Tools
  - Wiki
    - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Overview]
    - PTP Specifics
  - Email
    - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
      - [http://www.personaltelco.net/static/publications/leadership-contactsheet.pdf PTP Contact List] shows the indviduals who are in charge of specific parts of running the PTP
      - [http://lists.personaltelco.net/mailman/listinfo/general The General MailingList] is set up to ask questions, put forth ideas and get to know the other memebers of the PTP.
  - IRC
    - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irc Overview]
    - [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/IrcChannel PTP Specifics]
  - Request Tracker
    - [http://bestpractical.com/rt/features.html 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 presentors, 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

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Using PTP Nodes
- How to find a node
- How to connect to a node
  - Windows
  - Apple
  - Linux
  - Other
- Services Offered
  - Local conent
- Reporting Problems
- Suggestion Changes
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Installing and Maintaining DebianLinux
- Definitions and overview
- [http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install Getting and installing Debian GNU/Linux]
- Compatibility issues
- [http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages Software available in the Debian system]
- [http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html Debian package management system]
- Keeping your Debian system up-to-date
- Debian and the kernel
- Customizing your installation of Debian GNU/Linux
- Getting support for Debian GNU/Linux
- Contributing to the Debian Project
- Turning a Debian Install into a PTP node
  - What is Nocat
  - Routing
  - Builder

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TCP/IP Networking
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol Overview of TCP/IP]
- Delivering the Data
- Network Services
- Basic Configuration
- The Network Interface
  - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_card Overivew]
  - Configuring
- Routing
  - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing Overivew]
  - Configuring
- DNS
  - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS Overview]
  - Configuring
- Local Network Services
- Network Security
- Troubleshooting TCP/IP

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RF and 802.11
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_propagation Introduction to Radio Propagation]
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLAN Introduction to Wireless Networks]
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11 Overview of 802.11]
  - The 802.11 MAC
  - 802.11 Framing in Detail
  - Security
  - Management Operations
  - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_layer Physical Layer Overview]
  - DS, CCK, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OFDM OFDM] Techniques
  - Using 802.11 on Linux
  - Using 802.11 Access Points
  - 802.11 Network Deployment
  - 802.11 Network Analysis
  - 802.11 Performance Tuning

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Network Maintenance
- Nagios
  - [http://www.nagios.org/about.php Overview]
  - PTP Specifics
- Cacti
  - [http://www.raxnet.net/products/cacti/what_is_cacti.php Overview]
  - PTP Specifics
- AIDE
  - [http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide/manual.html Overview]
  - PTP Specifics
- SNMP
  - [http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/snmp.htm Overview]
  - PTP Specifics
- SVN
  - [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/svnbook/book.html Overview]
  - PTP Specifics
- SmokePing
  - [http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/smokeping/ Overview]
  - PTP Specifics
- VPN
  - Overview
  - PTP Specifics
- Scripts
  - Log Rotation
  - Nocat Data Gathering

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PortlandOregon TopoGraphy
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Oregon Portland]: Rivers, Valleys, Hills and Mountains
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS GPS]
- GIS Tools
  - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS Introduction to GIS]
  - [http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=5041152.76267904%20&e=525286.394249737&u=7&datum=nad83 Topozone's Portland Maps Online]
  - [http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html Radio Mobile for Windows]
- City of Portland
  - [http://www.portlandmaps.com Portland Maps]

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Final Project

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Faculty

Location

PersonalTelcoUniversityCampus

Tuition

Nominal

Scholarships

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

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