Re: Mesh networking in Switzerland
Marcus Moeller <mail@marcusmoeller.ch> wrote:
>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 ;)
>
FreedomBox will supposedly just plug and play, but I'm not sure whether it will be at that stage of readiness just yet
For the situation at hand, I don't believe the option of paying for it has been ruled out, as long as the technology is free and there are no strings attached/cloud dependencies
>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
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>community mailing list
>community@lists.debian.ch
>https://lists.debian.ch/mailman/listinfo/community
Reply to: