I will probably use something like this:
For the price of RPi5 these boxes have more power and everything already installed in a nice box.
Nobody was ever able to detect if wifi or phone is on/off in a blinded test. You would need to hug the antenna on tower to feel it.
Iām going bigā¦
And someone who had to study EM, the latest G has a reduced effective distance for a reason and the same reason is why it affects us less than 4th gen, which was unmeasurable in blind tests.
The insurance companies, which are more powerful than any comms company would have caused regulations to be implemented to ensure people are not claiming more due to the claimed illnesses. But guess what they didnāt and they did test. 2nd Gen & Analogue, were the ones with greatest chance of effects and still had no validated cases proven to be from the EMR.
Also EM waves travel further at night because the sun is not there causing reduction in the atmosphere. Yep increased air temperature and radiation effects on the air particles attenuate the signal more than previous Gens.
Still some people are firmly convinced that its bad real bad.
Go hug an antenna and get that warm fuzzy feeling And talking hotdogs
Anyone interesting in using RPis then this guy does a lot of stuff with them. Might give you ideas
We punted those guys in Canada because of the backdoor code found in the base station software. So itās all Nokia and Ericsson 5G in Canada these days. That said all of these Federal govts have control over āemergencyā band use and all tower broadcast behaviour , translated they can declare a state of emergency and take over the broadcast spectrum of 5g, = change and also directionally target frequency broadcasts. not good, given the rated power of these systems and the power supply source installed everywhere are massively over sized for what they are ādesignedā to be used for , video and voice and data streaming. Wi-fry capability is very real and can be targeted. Read about Havana syndrome to learn more.
Keep in mind the Mobile Operators that kept Huawei in place in the US are fractionalized politically and supported by the current US regime. There are other groups in govt, business and military and āvestedā interests in the US which totally oppose their deployment on US soil. Itās a real ongoing battle which will imo likely get heavily skewed by Nov 5 2024 in the US in favor of non CN supply chain offers, likely amplified in 2025 by another round of tariffs against CN suppliers of such equipment.
There is no proof Havana syndrome was caused by EM radiation. It is most likely explanation, but only a theory.
I know that microwave auditory effect exists, but the power needed is in kw/m2, that is huge military radar territory, not cell-tower.
quote your sources on the āno proofā? Is this just your opinion?
How can I prove something doesnāt exist? 
Once the nodes are settled what kind of bandwidth are you seeing them use? I notice when I start them I see a lot of traffic and then they settle down.
Iād be happy to hear what anyone has to say on this. Thank you.
I see about 0.5Mb to 1Mb/s in each direction.
A good tip is to stagger the start of each node by about 3 mins to let the initial burst of traffic settle down. Either manually or with the āinterval command in the manager.
SkyAnt One system:
PSU ā EVGA 650 Supernova G2, zero fan rpm mode running on this setup even during max load.
Motherboard ā MSI B450 Tomahawk, BIOS configured to hot plug HDD drives and to undervolt cpu.
CPU ā A used 5600G APU with integrated graphics, -400Mhz all cores, Curve Optimizer -14, total system TDP 84W, CPU 47W, Cinebench 2024 multicore score 575.
Cooler ā Stock included AMD Stealth, might switch to a larger air cooler like ThermalRight Phantom Spirit.
Memory ā 32 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 MHz, due to errors and failing in Memtest86 -
set to 2933mhz. Only 16GB installed at the moment need to reduce size of the cooler.
Router - TP-Link Archer AX20, 1.5 GHz Quad-Core CPU. 256MB ram
Switch ā Spare old Asus router in bridge mode, maybe will switch to Netgear 5-7 port switch or similar, because of lower power draw
Remote access - SSH and Windows RDP
Server rack ā Some Ikea floor shelf
Internet connection- 250/250Mbit/s, will be ordered this week.
Beta aim ā 40 to 60 nodes based on current test net āThisIsNotBetaRewardsNet [Mini-Testnet 26/05/24]ā , 32GB ram seem to be limiting factor and also the 250Mbit connection. The system seems relative well balanced, donāt know yet if router or the internet connection on the ISP side have any effects on above goals, donāt know their maximum capacity yet.
Due to having spare a PSU, memory and Motherboard, getting a used 5600G for about $100 was the obvious way to go. Placing the system in a closet for recduced noise polution and accessing it through the local network with SSH and/or RDP. SSH and RDP to allow for both command line interface or graphical interface when remote connecting to SkyAnt.
A Raspberry Pi 5b 8GB + Power adapter + Storage adapter + heatsink would probably be around $170. SkyAnt One is about 4-5 times stronger than a pi 5B. 4 units of Pi B5 8GB would cost around $680.
The setup new would cost about: $150 CPU, Motherboard $90, PSU $80, DDR4 Ram $85, that gives a total of $405.
So for $405 SkyAnt One is stronger and cheaper than 4 Pi 5B for $680, also no need to setup multiple systems getting all in the same system and place. I might add a large air cooler for $50, to lower noise and to lower fan rpm giving longer durability for the fan. Also might add graphite thermal pad for longevity not having to ever repaste the cpu.
Milk-V Mars SBC from Ā£32 (2GB) looks an interesting alternative to Raspberry Pi. With official Ubuntu 24 support.
perhaps not quite ready for prime-time just yet?
Take it from me - I have a risc-v laptop. Its suppose to be supported. its not exactly, usable. I managed to brick the device in 3 hours because I run updates (I presume) without pinning the kernel and had to recover it by emmc flash.
Iām running 40 nodes right now and my CPU usage of the router is up to 70%. If I want to scale this I need a more capable router. At the moment Iām using a Unify Express. The CPU is no speed monster so was to be expected. Are there any recommendations based on your experiences so far?
There is a whole Topic devoted to Routers!
Iād have a read through that and then ask for some advice there.
There are quite a few people using MikroTik routers. Iāve heard good things about the more advanced Ubiquity routers. There are options basically. But also complications. Obviously bandwidth up and down is a big factor as well but it seems the number of sessions normal consumer routers can handle is the bottleneck before bandwidth.
Ah completely missed that one. Thanks! Yes I do think that the CPU and capability of the router is a larger bottleneck than upload/download speed. At least here in the Netherlands where glassfiber is common and 2,5Gbit/s 4Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s can be ordered as well now for consumers.
20 nodes with vdsl mikrotik hap at 100% all the time, waiting for mikrotik to die so i could replace it. 
Wow, that is nice. I donāt know about any ISP in Czech Republic offering more than 1 Gbit to home users.
