On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Douglass Turner wrote: > Is it possible to setup a self-contained WiFi site with no outside > connectivity. No backhaul. Just a completely wire free LAN within the > area lit by the APs. The scenario would be a grid of APs (solar, > generator, or battery powered) dispersed throughout a disaster with > rescuers carrying notebooks/PDAs communicating (VOIP, IM, email) with > one another.
Yes - www.wirelessleiden.nl is such a network (http://webfolder.wleiden.webweaving.org/rgen.png) which essentially has no connection to the internet; but is totally self routed/supported/sustaining. Nodes such as (http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/wcl/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/NodeDirkx) can be powered by solar panel with ease. In fact; one of the primary hubs on top of the Hooglandse Kerk (the big church in the middle of the city) is powered with 24volt DC, at around 20 watt to keep its' 8 antenna's up. As it is stored in just a few small metal boxes; it can easily be moved/transported. Dw. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
