Hi again.
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/
From what I see, they have recently switched to a cloud based management solution for openmesh, which is called CloudTrax.
I am not sure if you can still set up a network without this.From technical point of view, http://funkfeuer.at/ offers a good solution for building meshed networks with shared uplinks which could also be used for building an internal network for safe communication.
I have now also contaced Fabian Affolter, who is a core contributor to OpenWireless, to tell us more about the technology they use (I am personally not yet aware aobut that).
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.
Depends where you want to setup the network. I would also welcome if someone else would help, too ;)
Greets Marcus
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. _______________________________________________ community mailing list community@lists.debian.ch https://lists.debian.ch/mailman/listinfo/community_______________________________________________ community mailing list community@lists.debian.ch https://lists.debian.ch/mailman/listinfo/community