Re: [PLUG] Can wifi mesh networks make up for Internet Service non-Providers

[Jack Hill <ejh56@drexel.edu>]

On Saturday 29 January 2011 09:19:38 Matt Berlin wrote:
> I've been thinking about this.  I suppose no one thinks of it until
> it's too late.
> 
> Let's not be too late here.
> 
> Matthew Berlin
> arkestra@gmail.com
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> 
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:50 PM, K.S. Bhaskar <bhaskar@bhaskars.com> wrote:
> > http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml
> >
> > Had they been prepared, I wonder how realistic it would have been for
> > Egyptians to set up mesh networks with Wifi enabled PCs for communication
> > and coordination within metropolitan areas.
> >
> > I wonder if there is an opportunity to create Linux live systems to go on
> > USB images with mesh networking enabled so that it comes on automatically.
> >
> > Regards
> > -- Bhaskar
> >
The OLPC project is working with mesh networks 
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details>. Their goal (I think) is 
mostly to overcome lack of infrastructure. I'm not sure how easy it would be 
to disrupt by deploying lots of rouge nodes. I also can't find a discussion on 
how successful these networks have been, but this still was an interesting 
read.

Jack


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