Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Designing the Ultimate Internet Gizmo

[Sunil Mohan Adapa]

On Friday 15 January 2016 02:42 AM, David Solomonoff wrote:
> 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.

[...]

If FreedomBox runs on such a device, it can bring a lot of useful
features to the device.  From that point of view, it is desirable to
have the following:

- Mainline kernel and Debian support
- At least 512 MB of RAM
- Free firmware

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Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Designing the Ultimate Internet Gizmo

[Philip Hands]

David Solomonoff  writes:

> 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
>   o Possibly solar powered
>   * Built-in crypto
>   o Blockchain?
>   * Easily hacked/modified

Still in prototype stages, but there are running boards, and would give
you a lot of flexibility:

  http://www.rhombus-tech.net/

and specifically:

  http://www.rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/router/news/

Their mailing list is here, and includes people who are able (and
generally willing :-) ) to provide helpful advice even if you don't go
the EOMA-68 route.

Cheers, Phil.
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Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Designing the Ultimate Internet Gizmo

[Dietmar]

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
> 
> -- 
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> Internet Society of New York
> presid...@isoc-ny.org
> isoc-ny.org
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