Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> These systems are going to be the most useful at >> the periphery of the disaster area, > > There's a lot you can do without (immediate) network access. You might > not be able to access a patient's records (say), but the system can > still be used "off-line".
A mesh network could work well spreading in from the periphery... and from whatever nodes survive within the problem area. > Finally, there are a lot of ways to establishe network access (both > wired and wireless). Something like 802.11g might not be readily > available, but what about GPRS? Is it possible to leverage the existing > mobile telephone infrastructure? The National Guard should be prepared to push robust nodes into the disaster from which the mesh grows. Penetrating the "fog of war" is a similar information management problem, isn't it? And Bhaskar's live CD could commandeer surviving PC's as nodes on the mesh. Disaster preparedness CD's distributed like AOL CD's. A thousand points of light? jlz ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
