Please also have a look at the German https://freifunk.net/ initiative. Additionally to realizing such a mesh they kind of solve a particular German legal problem called "Störerhaftung" by routing the traffic through a VPN to Sweden before going into the public internet. I am not sure which hardware they use but they have a dedicated firmware for this. They are testing with TP-Link TL-WR841N, which costs about 16 Euro. My idea still is to somehow combine it with my freedombox some day.
Dietmar Am Donnerstag, den 14.01.2016, 16:12 -0500 schrieb David Solomonoff: > Possibly slightly off-topic but ... > > I recently connected with hardware developers interested in designing > and manufacturing a low-cost open source router for wireless mesh > networks. > > The FreedomBox could potentially be integrated. > > I'm reaching out to get input on what features would be useful. The > sky is the limit here as we haven't gotten started although we have > the design talent and manufacturing facilities lined up. > > So ... something along the lines of: > * Small form factor > * Very low cost > * Low power consumption > * Possibly solar powered > * Built-in crypto > * Blockchain? > * Easily hacked/modified > * User-friendly > * Easy for non-technical user to configure and deploy > What other features would be useful? > * In places where security is an issue > * Repressive governments try to block > * Criminals and terrorists try to exploit > * Difficult terrain or other environmental issues > * Interference is a problem - in dense urban areas for example > > -- > David Solomonoff, President > Internet Society of New York > presid...@isoc-ny.org > isoc-ny.org > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
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