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Hello, |
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Has anyone here experimented with mesh networking setups for linux systems? I |
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have been spending the past two months trying to become familiar with the |
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MeshAP system (http://www.locustworld.com http://www.communitywireless.org |
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http://www.ultramesh.com) but I have lately become somewhat frustrated with |
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the delay in adding network card drivers to their mini distribution. |
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The same concepts that are applied in meshAP (AODV(automatic node discovery), |
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captive portal integration, automatic bandwidth regulation, opportunistic |
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encryption) could I believe recreated on a Gentoo system. |
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One other system mentioned to me by the people in #wireless (on |
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irc.freenode.net) was the S.O.W.N. project |
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(http://www.sown.org.uk/index.php/SownMeshing?PHPSESSID=c31e66acb2daf18334acc6be04fc6d52) |
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The S.O.W.N. strategy seems more of the fixed network type, but I could be |
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wrong in that analysis. it does however seem more straightforward to |
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implement than the meshAP system. Also, I am not sure if the meshAP system |
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is GPL'ed or not. |
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I have been bitten hard by the wireless networking bug, so I plan on |
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continuing to work on this stuff, if anyone is interested in talking about it |
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let me know. |
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- -Jonathan S. Romero |
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