22 May
2014
22 May
'14
7:24 a.m.
----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Ramiro Polla"
<ramiro.polla(a)gmail.com>
Para: "al" <al(a)blogmail.cc>
CC: "libre-mesh developement" <dev(a)lists.libre-mesh.org>
Enviados: Miércoles, 21 de Mayo 2014 4:29:21
Asunto: Re: [lime-dev] I have installed the firmware. Now what? =)
Hi al,
Hi Ramiro.
[...]
We have a project in Brazil to use Mesh Networks in demonstrations
and
protests to provide a Wireless LAN and Internet to the crowds. There
are people in the crowd with routers using mesh networks extending
the
reach of regular Internet connections that people open up at home.
The
LAN can be used for quick and free communication that does not depend
on 3G or another solution. The routers that are close to Internet
connections are always seeking for new connections. Due to the fact
that the crowd is always walking, we can't connect the nodes to
ethernet.
Currently we use OpenWRT+OLSR and a complicated configuration, I'd
like to replace that with a better and easier to use solution. I have
no problem using the command line to connect, but we want more people
to adopt this, and that way they'd need to do it with a simpler
interface. That's why I thought about using libre-mesh as a base
system.
[...] how would I configure another
source for sharing? (a 3g/4g modem, another wireless adapter, or even
the same wifi acting as mesh+AP)
Ramiro
We're discussing technical issues in original threat, but I also want to recommend
you a socio-technical solution based on demonstrations on Catalonia. I think your proposal
is a good idea because you have not a wireless community network in Brasil yet, but if you
have a little opportunity I strongly recommend you to install fixed routers in buildings
that your community has contacts in center of cities. You can install this routers (or
just one of this routers) by cable to internet and the rest in demostration will be
automatically mesh connected to them. Finally you'll have a permanent infrastructure
to demonstrations, events and for make community and empower local people.
In order to get this solution you can take a look of places proposed to this[1] (we was
drawing it when I was in Brasil).
Contacts that can manage this places and anothers that are not painted yet can be found in
guifi-brasil mailing list[2].
[1] http://map.libre-mesh.org (section Brasil)
[2] https://llistes.guifi.net/sympa/info/guifi-brasil