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| | Wireless mesh network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mesh networks may involve either fixed or mobile devices. | | | Nodes act as repeaters to transmit data from nearby nodes to peers that are too far away to reach, resulting in a network that can span large distances, especially over rough or difficult terrain. | | | MIT Roofnet A research project at MIT that provides software |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network
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| | Bristol Wirless: Starting a community wireless network project |
| | CLAN network, although part of the eventual purpose of the project is to extend the Learning Street (and other) community based projects to other locations in the local area. | | | The Bristol Wireless project has advanced by leaps and bounds since this article was written and the reader should refer to the project's web site for up-to-date information on the project's current status. | | | We are currently looking for volunteers to extend the network and funding to continue the project. |
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http://psand.net/clan
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| | O'Reilly Network Safari Bookshelf - Building Wireless Community Networks, 2nd Edition |
| | Community networks preceded the commercial "unwirings" and coffee house networks so I expect there will be more cutting edge developments in the future. | | | This is a smart book about one of the most exciting frontiers in computer networking. | | | Once that is set up, any computer with a wireless card can log onto the network and share its resources. |
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http://safari.oreilly.com/0596005024
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| | BinaryForums {A Good Game Community} -> Wireless network |
| | All you need is your computer near a phone jack and you have a network to share files. | | | You could always have the wireless router plugged into the hardwire router. | | | This standard has been widely adopted by the computer industry, however, not all manufacturer's networking products work together. |
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http://www.good--games.com/forum/index.php?s=49f4631ca73fb2f88c1afbc7813e18ad&showtopic=1548&st=0&
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| | Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network |
| | The main problem with using a generic computer is that since the cable between the antenna and the wireless card should be as short as possible, but that a generic computer can not realistically be outdoors, the quality of the signal is degraded. | | | The Community Wireless Network received a grant paying for open-source software development and the construction and installation of a 32-nodes testbed in Urbana, Illinois. | | | There is an ethernet jack on the wireless node and your home computer plugs into that. |
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http://wireless.cu.groogroo.com/faq?PHPSESSID=fb0724321a76f95584a16c62dca29055
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| | Daily Wireless |
| | A $2.78 million (1.6m pound) wireless computing trial in the historic city of Bath, England is being undertaken with a government research funding body the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)and a group of universities and companies including Vodafone, Nokia and IBM. | | | Dubbed the Cityware project, the aim of the trial, which is being coordinated by the University of Bath, is to test the potential of pervasive computing in an urban area using GPRS mobile comms, Wi-FI, Bluetooth and near-field communications technologies. | | | That’s not a good idea, and it goes against fundamental principles that we ought to be applying to information technology, of which communication is just a part. |
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http://www.dailywireless.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2320
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| | Cairnfree - Cairns Free Wireless Community Network |
| | Most of this was unexpected and a result of network component reliability issues, combined with very heavy use of the network by its users. | | | This will ensure that users of the network who also use our free internet have now had their ability to access pornography on the web effectively blocked. | | | We have finally made a decision and implemented a new blocking system on the core internet router provided free by the Cairnfree network operator. |
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http://www.cairnfree.com
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| | Community Wireless :: Your community; Online and Wirefree |
| | If the Linux community wishes, we could have the routers perform a random IP swap with any of its neighbours at a random time. | | | Since all the software will be free and preconfigured (thanks to the Linux community), including security, all you do is load it in. | | | In terms of cost effectiveness, the deployment of the 54MB wireless system appears to be the simplest option. |
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http://www.communitywireless.org
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| | Kibworth Wireless Community Network |
| | Our aim is to connect as many users as possible to this network (anyone with a computer should be able to join) and establish a fast link to the internet which will deliver cheap broadband services to the community. | | | It allows computers that are not physically connected to communicate over distances of up to 500 metres, sometimes even further. | | | Send me your thoughts on the project and I will publish them. |
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http://www.muchos.co.uk/kibworth
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| | Wireless Community Networks |
| | It also means local, community-based information systems that tie residents together through interactive media and micro-economic entrepeneur opportunities: these are computer applications that can be built today and provided through neighborhood portals. | | | This program was made possible in part by grants from the Technology Opportunities Program of the US Department of Commerce; State of Illinois’ Eliminate the Digital Divide Program, a part of Governor Blagojevich’s Opportunity Returns Program, and the Grand Victoria Foundation. | | | This means a comprehensive training, support and computer-donation program that accompanies the network’s growth. |
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http://wcn.cnt.org
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| | WirelessLeiden.NL |
| | We are building a local network, technically comparable to the Internet, but standing alone and functioning independently. | | | Expenses are kept low through using inexpensive hardware, open standards, open source software - and foremost volunteers: in a cooperative, non-profit and planned approach. | | | That's why we work together with several research institutions, like the 'Centre for Technology and Innovation Management' (CeTIM), the Institute for Societal Innovation (IMI), the 'Leiden University School of Management' (LUSM) en the 'Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science' (LIACS). |
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http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/english
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| | NoCatNet |
| | Development list or the Network list for more information. | | | Anyway, he is doing great work on analyzing this rather interesting and low cost bit of kit to enable it to better serve our goals of World Domination and infinite bandwidth everywhere for free. | | | This will also give you an idea as to how easy it will be for you to get on the Community Network. |
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http://nocat.net
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| | CourseWiki - Community Wireless |
| | This document contains links to subdocuments (listed below) that outline the vision and potential scenarios for the development of a community wireless network. |
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http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/coursewiki/index.php/CommunityWireless
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| | Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network |
| | Support from the community is what makes all this possible. | | | The binary system images and source packages in this release are not configured for a real-world network. |
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http://www.cuwireless.net/atom/feed
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| | ITS Public Network: Wireless Access |
| | Select I do not share this computer if you are the only one who uses your computer. | | | Move your computer into a wireless coverage area. | | | Send computing questions to the ITS Help Desk or call (512) 475-9400. |
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http://www.utexas.edu/its/network/wireless
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| | Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network |
| | Following the implementation notes in [1], our routers send periodic Hellos that tell the status of links in the 1-hop neighborhood; routers flood using the limited dissemination techniques described in [1], and routers adapt to the size and rate of change of the network. | | | Many free operating systems (FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD) and commercial(MacOS X, Windows 2000) already support IPv6 networking, and adoption of IPv6 networking is picking up in some parts of the world. | | | Address-family agnostic and IPv6-ready: We designed support for arbitrary network address formats (IPv4, IPv6, Ethernet) into the HSLS protocol packet format, in anticipation of world-wide IPv6 connectivity and universal operating-system support for IPv6. |
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http://wireless.ucimc.org/OSI/OSI_First_Benchmark/hsls_report.html
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| | Seattle Community Network |
| | Seattle Community Network (SCN) is a free public-access computer network. | | | SCN was originally a project of the Seattle Chapter of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR). | | | In 1995 the Seattle Community Network Association (SCNA) was incorporated as a separate non-profit organization. |
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http://www.scn.org
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| | Wireless community |
| | The main network repeater is sited on The Port Hills, and you will need to be able to see the repeater from your proposed site location to access the network (see the map below). | | | This allows our users to share files, play online games, video conference, and chat between themselves | | | We may also consider adding a high speed internet gateway to the network in the future. |
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http://www.yobbo.co.nz/WirelessCommunity.htm
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| | Kingsbridge Link - Wireless Mesh Network Solutions - Main Page |
| | A lot of effort has gone into creating a weatherproofing mesh solution for the Linksys WRT54G, and we are pleased to announce that work is nearly complete. | | | Much work has also gone into the Quality-of-Service code to intelligently prioritise traffic and create a smooth service for all. | | | He is proficient in both wireless and fixed networking technologies. |
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http://www.kingsbridgelink.co.uk
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| | Free Press : Open Community Wi-Fi |
| | Using open source software and not-for-profit business models, CWN's take big media corporations out of the equation. | | | At hearing, differences arise on allocation of analog spectrum | | | The FCC is soliciting information and stories to inform the work of its wireless task force. This docket calls for input from unlicensed spectrum users, especially community wi-fiers, in addition to the incumbent licensed operators and manufacturers. |
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http://www.freepress.net/wifi
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| | Wireless community network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Wireless Warrior - WiFi information resource for WLAN admins and advanced wardrivers | | | Wireless community networks or wireless community projects are the largely hobbyist-led development of interlinked computer networks using wireless LAN technologies, taking advantage of the recent development of cheap, standardised 802.11b (Wi-Fi) devices to build growing clusters of linked, citywide networks. | | | Most wireless community network projects are coordinated by citywide user groups who freely share information and help using the Internet. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_community_network
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| | Air-Stream Wireless Incorporated Community wireless networking for South Australia |
| | Dr Elaine Lawrence, Associate Professor, Dept of Computer Systems Faculty of Information Technology is collaborating with Mary Bina and George Giaglis from the ELTRUN Wireless Research Center, Athens University of Economics and Business who have begun a project in Greece looking into Wireless Communities. | | | Air-Stream is a not-for-profit community organisation, the first and largest in South Australia to successfully build a Wide Area Network (WAN) using class license radio communications and free open source software. | | | Proceeds are used to purchase hardware and other items to help the network and community. |
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http://www.air-stream.org
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| | StarNet Community Wireless Network |
| | The StarNet idea was dreamt up by a small group of amateur radio operators with the simple goal of being able to play network games, and share files, from the relative comfort of their own untidy computer rooms. | | | Nodes Connected to Starnet can Share files and/or services from their LAN to any other computer on the networks group and may share files and/or services from any other computer providing shares or services. | | | At present there is a number of Windows/Samba shares, NFS shares, FTP servers, games servers, Apache servers and an IRC server running. |
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http://starnet.shacknet.nu
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| | Wireless network |
| | Wireless network could be coming to Tremont soon | | | Sometime soon it may be possible to wander around the Tremont neighborhood, sit under a tree and flip open a laptop, then zoom onto the Internet. | | | That could happen thanks to a pilot project by a group trying to set up a Tremont Wireless Community Network, expected to be the first community-based wireless network in northeast Ohio. |
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http://www.sunnews.com/news/2003/part1/0313/WIFI.htm
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| | Personal Telco Project |
| | Join our mailing list, read the archives, ask questions, come to the meetings, put up your own node; it's easy, and we're here to help things go smoothly for you. | | | Personal Telco Project members are also working to assist and encourage local educational and community organizations to bring wireless networks to those who could not recieve access otherwise. | | | If you are interested in hosting a node, or know of another person or business which might be willing to donate a little bandwidth and a window ledge for the good of the community, then please, let us know, and let them know about us! |
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http://www.personaltelco.net
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| | Wireless Community Network List |
| | There are other community networking resources on the web that you may want to investigate. | | | If you would like to have your network added to this list, please drop a note to cliff@steam.com. | | | UK, Luton and Dunstable, Luton and Dunstable Network Club |
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http://www.toaster.net/wireless/community.html
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| | Pretoria community wireless network - MyADSL |
| | There is a bunch of reasons why this would be useful.. | | | Ad-hoc is great for mesh networks, but where possible, try to use Infrastructure. | | | If only those morons at www.wavestream.co.za would use signal splitters we might not have a trashed 2.4ghz spectrum. |
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http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=17854
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| | Internet Archive: SFLan |
| | In appropriate circumstances, it is SFLan's policy to terminate users of our system who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights. | | | SFLan is a free wireless Internet service provider that offers the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications, between or among points specified by a user, of material of the user's choosing, without modification to the content of the material as sent or received. | | | Re: Highpowered nodes using the Atheros b/g chipsets? |
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| | Making the Connection: The 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks |
| | What technological innovations and software innovations do we already have, and what projects are currently being worked on? | | | The Summit was the largest gathering of community wireless networking developers, implementers and allies ever and built tremendous momentum in the emerging community wireless networking movement. | | | From August 20-22, 2004, the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN), Free Press, and Prairienet Community Network hosted the 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks. |
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http://communitywirelesssummit.org
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| | Toronto Wireless Community Network Nodes |
| | Additionally, our map is made up of nodes placed by volunteers, not simply from scans of unprotected 802.11b networks. | | | All TWCN participants are asked to register their nodes there, but are free to add them to any other node listing sites they desire. | | | The central resource for mapping TWCN nodes (Wireless Network Access Points) is PersonalTelco's Wireless Node Mapping Database. |
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http://www.esoterraka.com/twcn/nodes
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| | FrontPage - Seattle Wireless |
| | We prefer to use OpenSourceSolutions rather than ProprietaryMethods which create VendorLockIn. | | | We are a not-for-profit community of volunteers, and although we have many different motivations, we believe that we can build a network without recurrent fees that is not beholden to any CommercialTelecommunicationsProvider. | | | We use IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11a (WiFi) and other off-the-shelf wireless networking equipment to create our mesh and PointToPoint links. |
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http://www.seattlewireless.net
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| | About Juneau Wireless - Juneau Wireless |
| | Security Info: How do I make my network secure? | | | A community network is different from other networks most people are accustomed to. | | | This effort is modeled after the [Seattle Wireless] effort, and uses inexpensive wireless technology to successfully create a wide area network in Juneau. |
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http://juneauwireless.net
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| | Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The development of wireless technology and its implementation. | | | The development and use of community wireless network throughout the greater Athens area. | | | Its members are node owners, comprising the Athens metropolitan area network, which at the moment has roughly 800 active nodes, using 802.11b and 802.11a wireless technology for interconnection. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Wireless_Metropolitan_Network
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| | Building a Wireless Community Network in the Netherlands |
| | With the development of low cost hardware based on IEEE 802.11b, wireless networks are an emerging technology. | | | Using low cost network interfaces, home-built antennas and open source software the volunteers of the Wireless Leiden Foundation were able to lay out an infrastructure for the inhabitants of Leiden at a very low cost. | | | Using these wireless techniques outdoors it is possible to build a community network not dependent on any provider. |
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http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix03/tech/freenix03/full_papers/vandrunen/vandrunen_html
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| | Community Wireless Providers |
| | A Free Network is a network freely available to anyone. | | | If you are a community wireless network provider you can obtain Sputnik software products, such as Sputnik Control Center, for free. | | | This does not mean that a freenetwork cannot be connected to other networks which charge for transit (such as the Internet), however while exchanging data within the bounds of the freenetwork there shall be no cost for transit or peering other than the cost of the required equipment. |
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http://www.sputnik.com/partners/community.html
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| | Alameda Wireless - Community WiFi Networking |
| | A community network is very different than most people are accustomed to. | | | All these users are part of Alameda Wireless, and they all route each other's traffic, but they can all choose their own way to get to the Internet. | | | The community wireless network gives users the ability, for the first time in history, to freely choose which services and providers they elect to use (or not use) from among the full array of Internet services, Internet Service Providers, and Internet backbone providers. |
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http://alamedawireless.org
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| | Patras Wireless Network |
| | Patras Wireless Network (PWN) is an open network of wireless users, that is based on 802.11b technology. | | | Founders' main effort is to evaluate the performance of the TCP/IP protocol suite, over error-prone wireless links, while applying several protocol boosters at the link layer. | | | The purpose of its existance is mostly experimental, focusing on budget wireless devices operating under Linux. |
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http://patraswireless.net
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| | Lingfield Wireless Community Access Network |
| | At present the WCAN is very much in it's early stages of development, with interest, support and participation from you the community the quicker and more effective the wireless network will be. | | | The access to the wireless network will be free from day one and will remain so. | | | These will ideally be less than fixed line ADSL connection where such connections are available. |
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http://www.darwinst.co.uk/lingfield/wcan
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| | Watch City Wireless Home |
| | Upon initial launch of their web browser the user will be redirected to a splash page with information and promotion for all sponsors of the network (an almost identical version of this site). | | | Contact WatchCitySupport@speakeasy.net for information on becoming a member or sponsor. | | | Once in range of a Watch City Wireless access point the user’s Wi-Fi software will detect SSID “WATCH CITY” and connect to the network. |
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http://www.watchcitywireless.net
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| | SourceForge.net: CUWiN Community Wireless Network |
| | CUWiN's goals: develop software, provide wireless Internet connectivity, disseminate software/hardware specs, support other wireless projects. | | | CUWiN is a non-profit developing ad-hoc self-configuring mesh wireless networks. | | | Provide feedback on this page Recently changed page Site Status |
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/wireless
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| | Tacoma Wireless Community Network :: View topic - Welcome! |
| | Tacoma Wireless is still in the planning stages, so now is the best time to bring up ideas that you may have. | | | Any questions, advice, ideas, etc. that you would like to bring up can and should be posted under one of the two topics. | | | We also plan on having an email discussion list, which will be put into use further down the road. |
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http://www.shellfront.org/tacwireless/viewtopic.php?t=2
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| | WirelessCommunities - Personal Telco Wiki |
| | http://www.freewan.org/ Lincoln and greater midwest wireless networking project. | | | WirelessCommunities are popping up all over the world, here we maintain a list of all of the communities we've managed to find all over the world. | | | Note: This is a list of community wireless groups who are building free and open networks. |
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http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/WirelessCommunities
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| | Wireless Community Network Launch in West Frankfort |
| | The project will build a new infrastructure for delivering low-cost, high-speed wireless Internet access to West Frankfort residents, who are less connected than residents of other Illinois communities. | | | “Setting up a wireless community network is like giving West Frankfort a technological jump start. | | | We hope that residents will not only enjoy the new resource, but also become better able to communicate and compete in our technology-driven society.” |
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http://www.cnt.org/2004/10/22/wireless-community-network-launch-in-west-frankfort
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| | Wireless.org.au - Free Community Wireless Networks! |
| | If you are looking for general help regarding wireless hardware or troubleshooting, you can try our forum. | | | You should check with your local group to find out what equipment is recommended, where to obtain this equipment, and what configuration options are suitable. | | | If you are looking for help with a specific group or configuration for a group, then it is better off contacting that specific group. |
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http://wireless.org.au
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| | Tacoma Wireless Community Network :: Index |
| | general discussion surrounding the planning of the Tacoma Wireless network. | | | wireless discussions not specifically related to Tacoma Wireless. |
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