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Cheers, Cliff Begin forwarded message: > From: Jon Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri Sep 27, 2002 9:23:12 AM US/Pacific > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LocustWorld Mesh APv5 (Linux-cdrom) > > Dear Mobile Mesh list, > > This post is not related directly to the classic mobile mesh, but it > is a > project inspired by it. I hope this will be relevant to those on the > list. > > I have released a 13mb bootable cd-rom which runs on PC architecture, > such as > a single board computer, laptop or desktop PC system. It requires 64 > mb of > ram and a support wi-fi card. No harddisk space is needed. > > The cd-rom is a self configuring mesh network system, no end user > configuration is required and clients are supported through standard > protocols. Nodes in the network automatically detect if they are > gateways and > spread this information around to repeaters or "cells" which also serve > clients. > > Clients connect through standard IP protocols using dhcp (ad-hoc mode > channel > 6) and their data is routed through a compressed and encrypted dynamic > network. > > It can handle mobile repeaters and the network dynamically changing > shape or > suffering from congestion. > > The software is based around standard Linux components, a modified > AODV(11) > and some custom tools to make it all work. This is a test release and > is a > work in progress project, but already it works well enough to be > usable. > > Typical applications would be for instant community networks, or for > an ISP. > The mesh part of the routing is transparent to the end user. > > The software can be obtained by visiting http://www.LocustWorld.com and > following the top article or by looking in the downloads section under > "cd-rom images" > > I welcome feedback. > > Best Regards, > > Jon Anderson -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
