Meshnet activists rebuilding the internet from scratch
(newscientist.com) Worried about the NSA snooping on your email? Maybe you need to start creating your own personal internet
(...) Across the US, from Maryland to Seattle,
work is underway to construct user-owned wireless networks that will
permit secure communication without surveillance or any centralised
organisation. They are known as meshnets and ultimately, if their
designers get their way, they will span the country.
Read more.: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929294.500-meshnet-activists-rebuilding-the-internet-from-scratch.html#.Ugdkc6zI_-s
FunkFeuer
FunkFeuer is a free, experimental network in Vienna, Graz, in parts of
Weinviertel (NÖ) and Bad Ischl. It is build and maintained by computer
enthusiasts. This project is non commercial.
http://www.funkfeuer.at/index.php?id=42&L=1Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network
Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) is a grassroots wireless
community, taking advantage of new, state of the art wireless
technologies, to connect people and services. The network comprises 1120
backbone nodes (as of Aug, 2010) and more than 2900 client computers
connect to it. More than 9,000 people have stated their intention to
join AWMN in the near future.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Wireless_Metropolitan_Networkhttp://awmn.net/content.php
Broadband-Hamnet
Broadband-Hamnet™ (formerly called HSMM-Mesh™) is a high speed, self
discovering, self configuring, fault tolerant, wireless computer
network that can run for days from a fully charged car battery, or
indefinitely with the addition of a modest solar array or other
supplemental power source. The focus is on emergency communications.
In its current form it is built using the Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS
wireless routers and operates on channels 1-6 of the 2.4GHz ISM band,
which overlaps with the upper portion of the 13cm amateur radio band.
Other platforms and bands are in development at this time. Next will be
Ubiquiti equipment with others supported as development resources
permit.
OLSR is used for auto linking of the mesh node radios.
OpenWRT firmware tools are used for firmware development.
Broadband-Hamnet™ is currently being designed, developed and deployed
as an amateur radio broadband communications system. It originated in
Austin, Texas but has spread all across the USA and many other countries
around the world.
http://www.hsmm-mesh.org/
Also check this neat application, infrastructure independent, wifi-mesh for Android phones:
ReplyDeletehttp://developer.servalproject.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=content:servalmesh:main_page
http://woatec.blogspot.hu/2013/11/android-wifi-mesh-serval.html