Here's an example of a complete mesh network system that apparently can be built cheaply. Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash http://www.shareable.net/blog/afghans-build-open-source-internet-from-trash-... http://fabfi.fabfolk.com/ http://fabfi.fablab.af/blog/ Instructions for creating and configuring hardware and software, including servers, nodes and reflectors, are here: http://code.google.com/p/fabfi/wiki/HowToMake A New York Times article this weekend on subversive community communication networks <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html> includes a photo of the FabFi Afghanistan mesh network. _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE