Just wanted to comment that a few people here in Vienna have been discussing trying to hook up the FreedomBox with the local mesh network (FunkFeuer, OLSR-based).
When we get something interesting working, we'll let you know.. all the best, Markus -- Project Danube: http://projectdanube.org Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium: http://personaldataecosystem.org/ On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Yan Hetges <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > first of all, i'd like to quickly introduce myself. My name is Yan, i > like freedom and have been using Debian as my main desktop OS since woody > and been playing with it on servers since the same time. I've also been > actively deploying a wifi adhoc mesh network with OpenWrt and derivates > since 2006 (it has ~15 nodes and covers an area of maybe 15 km^2). > And i've been reading this list since late January... > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:03:49PM -0400, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: > > Hmmm... So, the Freedombox needs to use external infrastructure such as > an ethernet or WiFi router? > > yes, freedombox wants to use the internet > > > > I was thinking WiFi would connect all neighbors together on a WiFi mesh > able to simultaneously transmit / receive to other Freedomboxes directly > without a hub / router. Sort of an ad hoc Internet. > > it could theoretically connect all neighbours together and NOT > simultaneously tx/rx because the wifi radio can only either or, not both > at the same time. And that's the main issue, usable bandwidth gets less > at each hop. > > > > Is such a thing possible with WiFi? > > to a certain degree, and it might never be able to replace an > infrastructure! Also, to connect neighbours without internet, they want > to be pretty close to each other... like one in every appartment! That > will then make so much noise that there might be no communication > possible over more than 2-4 hops. Please don't understand me wrong, i > LOVE the idea! Also, to make that work out of the box, without external > antennas mounted on a roof, or the FBX mounted in a weatherproof box on > top of a bamboo pole in a tall tree or something like that, is very > unlikely. I suggest reading RFC 1925 [1] espexially (5),(8) and (10). > If you really want to integrate a self employing mesh function into > FBX i'd recommend looking deeply into what R.O.B.I.N. [2] does. > Also, it would be very much appreciated and make group communication > much easier if you (some of you) would consider reading and following > [3] , especially 9. And/or RFC 1855 [4]. > Thank you everyone so much for all your work! > > cheers > > --Yan > > [1]http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1925.txt > [2]http://wiki-robin.meshroot.com/ > [3]http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php > [4]http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk/eyG8ACgkQlTtvZdk47D7DJACfdpqhaAxTXNyFO9V+2VqVkPWc > uwYAnR26OuiXS0do6rFlOEmRkftCyRlj > =8iX8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >
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