| Keith C. Perry via plug on 6 Oct 2021 09:08:35 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] mesh during unrest |
Interesting project but instead of reinventing the wheel (or the "effort" in this case) people should consider what is already widely available. Amateur radio operators have been building mesh networks for years at this point. In addition, early wifi mesh networks were being built before the 802.11s amendments were implemented so giving old wifi gear a new life is possible too. More than that though, it would be easy to disrupt anything that uses microwave bands. If activists or anyone else really wants to communicate during a grid down or intentional service disruption, this problem has already been "solved" and its called NVIS (amateur radio and military folks already know how to do this too). I would encourage people to look at the benefits of that in addition to anything mesh related. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. Managing Member, DAO Technologies LLC (O) +1.215.525.4165 x2033 (M) +1.215.432.5167 www.daotechnologies.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeffv via plug" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 9:49:50 AM Subject: [PLUG] mesh during unrest Activists are Designing Mesh Networks to Deploy During Civil Unrest https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7e9y3/activists-are-designing-mesh-networks-to-deploy-during-civil-unrest The Mycelium Mesh Project is testing DIY networks that can be quickly deployed on trees or lamp posts during a political uprising. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug