Realistically, all uplinks would likely have to be a business-class service. Most folks who already have a wifi router/repeater have private uplinks with qwurst or bumcast, but if you could come up with a couple hundred firmware-upgradable devices we could prolly setup a mesh.
As for the "wardriving kit", what is that other than a normal wifi transceiver?? I expected a nice all-in-one unit with GPS and data logging, no computer needed. Where are those??? ~ben On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:29 PM, f c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > did anyone see (or interested) in this slashdot article? > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/04/0359232 > Dan Rutter Suggests Tossing Some Wi-Fi At the Neighbors > > I am very interested in using linux to do some similar things like this.. > around here.. > > anyone already, ahead of me? > > I have also been playing with a war driving machine (in another common, yet > inferior, OS) has anyone done this in linux, and want to share, their > hardware, software tools, and experience? > > I am especially interested in the GPS equipment, receiving the signal, and > logging.. (what works with easily with linux?) > > I will start this equipment thread, by sharing some equipment, i have used > for war driving: > > http://www.jefatech.com/product/wardrivingkit > http://www.jefatech.com/product/WARDRIVINGKIT-USB > > http://www.jefatech.com/product/VA24-16F/16dBi_24Ghz_Die_Cast_VAGI_Antenna.html > > I have had spectacular results, with this gear! > > often if using, conventional USB, or pcmcia wi fi gear, the laptop will > only "see" (or find) 0-2 networks.. > > with the above gear, swapped for the conventional equipment, I will often > easily see 7-15 networks! > > personally, I think the 200 mw output, and the ease of swapping in/out many > different antennas (directional, or omni-directional) are the most valuable > attributes > > I purchased the above mentioned gear specifically because it will work with > linux, but i have not had the opportunity to set up a linux machine and test > it.. yet.. > > I have heard rumors that, the software list of networks will usually only > show a maximum of 15 networks..is there linux software tools, out there, that > will see a far longer list of networks, if available? > > I want to war drive the local area to see if i can find some spots that > would have a "good reception" of a lot of networks, so later ( I hope) to set > up equipment similar to the slash dot article.. > > I hope to eventually get an OLPC as the portable linux war driving machine > (very low power consumption, very portable, with any small rechargeable 12Vdc > lead acid battery) and use the above gear to war drive easily, especially if > i have to climb a few large, local hills.. > > I think a local "free wi fi network" would be invaluable, in case of any > "katrina event" that may, possibly, ever happen.. > > just a crazy idea.. > > fwc > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. > > http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_052008_______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
