meshes because they don't have external antennae. Hmm.
<dave.mennin
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice, to meet you Don! Glad to have you aboard.
> We're still in the early stages, but it sounds like you are thinking
> along the same lines we are and it sounds like you have a lot of good
> knowledge.
> Right now our plan looks like this:
> Goal 1: Accomplish most basic meshing possible on some small number of
> nearby physical nodes.
> Goal 2: Figure out what to do next.
> Several of us already have some WRT54G's lying around and since
> they're fairly widely used we're starting there. I think we're
> currently deciding what firmware / protocols to try out first. We are
> leaning towards BATMAN, but OSLR might be good too.
> I just found out this morning about a different piece of hardware that
> looks pretty nice: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr703n and
> they're fairly cheap: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200730884736
> I was considering ordering one and putting OpenWRT on it and see if I
> can get it to talk to my WRT54GL.
> I know some others have also mentioned the Ubiquiti hardware which
> looks pretty sweet, too.
> Right now, we have been meeting irregularly at Hive13 meetings on
> Tuesdays. Last time we talked we said we would try to get together
> again when we have 2 or more nodes to try to mesh together. You
> should stop by Hive13 on some Tuesday night if you're interested.
> ~Dave
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Don <russ.wilk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I saw something on the hive website about the meshnet project. This is
>> something I have been thinking about for awhile. I have always thought
>> of a high speed pubic wireless network where everybody is
>> interconnect. Get rid of the isp and only pay for the services you
>> use. You could ditch your cell phone for a VoIP phone. There are a lot
>> of possibilities.
>> I have been doing 802.11 wireless for about 12 years. I have done a
>> lot of bridging solutions. I would like to get involved with this
>> project. Hopefully my experience will bring something to the project.
>> I might be able to borrow some antennas and cables from work to do
>> some testing with. I also have access to spec ans and other tools that
>> might help in setting this up. How do I get started?
>> I do have a few questions. The first concerns the platform chosen.
>> That linksys box is EOL. What is the availability? I was thinking of
>> using some sort of open source platform that somebody could build or
>> use an old pc as the mesh point. Something that's readily available,
>> low cost and easy to obtain. I know there is one source AP software
>> out there that can run on a pc. The trick would be to get wireless
>> nics that have external antenna connectors on them to be able to
>> connect outdoor antennas too. most nics are USB today. Maybe one could
>> be opened up and hacked. Anyways, just some thoughts and ideas.
>> On the corner of mcmicken and w Clifton on top of the Chicago gyro
>> building there is a cisco 1510 mesh AP. I have never seen any of it's
>> friends. Anybody know anything about that mesh network? Is it even a
>> mesh. It has the mesh backhaul antennas on it. Maybe itvis just
>> functioning as a hotspot. It's been up there for a few years.
