Re: Mesh networking in Switzerland
On 25/01/13 09:53, Philipp Hug wrote:
> Hey Daniel,
>
> I think what you're looking for are dual-radio access points, which
> use one radio for mesh-network and the other for communication with
> their clients.
>
>
Dual radio (or perhaps multiple SSID support?) is part of the technology
side of the solution
I've actually played with the Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H running OpenWRT, it
is dual radio, about 110 CHF here in .ch, but I never tried any of the
mesh software. It is good for running anything that links to openssl
(e.g. a SIP proxy), because most routers don't have enough memory for that.
> I know of one company offering this, I actually have same APs from
> them that I wanted to use for testing, but didn't have the time yet...
> http://www.open-mesh.com/
>
>
What I was essentially looking for is somebody who might have a local
presence to get everything up and running quickly - I'm sure any of us
could build something using the open solutions (e.g. FreedomBox or
Commotion Wireless) but I'm going to struggle to find time for it in
this case.
> Philipp
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.com.au> wrote:
>
>> On 25/01/13 08:37, Marcus Moeller wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Daniel.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Is anybody aware of local groups doing mesh networking deployments in
>>>>> Switzerland, either on a commercial basis or community organised?
>>>>>
>>>> Openwireless is the Swiss "branch" of the German "Freifunk" project
>>>> (project list CCed). They have local communities in several cities, but
>>>> to the best of my knowledge everything is quite dormant at the moment.
>>>>
>>> Do you man an open/free public wireless network where routers are
>>> linked to each other (and maybe to the internet, too) or a set of
>>> wireless routers, that offer free access to the internet?
>>>
>>>
>> To be more specific: I'm looking at solutions for residents in a
>> particular community who want to buy a single high speed link and then
>> share internet amongst themselves using meshed wifi routers.
>>
>> Whether it would be possible for third-party access (e.g. somebody
>> walking in the street) to use it free (or even for a charge) is not an
>> essential requirement, but it would be nice to offer that using a
>> restricted amount of bandwidth.
>>
>>
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