All, If anyone is interested in helping out here, reply and we'll get you set up. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Tim On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Dan Meredith <mered...@newamerica.net> wrote: > Heya Tim, > > We are organizing a response project to Egypt's network black out. We > hope to first create an intranet as requested from our contacts on the > ground then work to provide strategic uplinks to get folks reconnected > to the global internet. We're currently gathering as many folks to > support this project as we suspect other Middle-Eastern countries may > soon respond to ongoing protests in the same way. Along with the open > source mesh tools below, we are also looking to integrate open > source/DIY GSM (OpenBTS) to engage folks on mobile phones, and > facilitate the creation of low power FM radio stations. > > Josh King at the Open Technology Initiative (CC'd), has been working on > a custom OpenWRT build focused on creating a community of wireless mesh > networks. The customized device images are built using custom file > overlays in the build root containing custom init scripts and hooks into > the OpenWRT operating system. > > Commotion Firmware is hosted in our local git repo: git clone > g...@git.chambana.net:commotion.git and more basic information is at > http://wiki.ucimc.org/bin/view/Tech/WirelessDocs. > > I've also been talking with Tor folks who are interested in bring their > Torrouter work into this project as well. You can find more information > about this project here > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/Torouter. > > First, we want to create the intranet with a solid OpenWRT based > firmware that can be dropped into existing devices and run via live CD > on available computers. I am hoping you can help find OpenWRT hackers > willing to get involved. > > We also looking for organizers and technical writers along with anyone > who has contact with folks on the ground in Egypt. Arabic speakers are > of course a plus. We've compiled a dense list of folks in Egypt excited > to receive the project who are already testing live cd's. > > Please forward any questions to Josh King (joshking(at)newamerica.net) > and Dan Meredith (meredith(at)newamerica.net). > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Dan Meredith > Technologist > New America Foundation > Open Technology Initiative > http://oti.newamerica.net > > _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
