<p>I would look at the software-only version of Mikrotik, running on an old desktop PC with some extra NICs. This solution is very popular with wireless ISPs. </p>
<p>Arclight</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 7, 2012 6:59 AM, <<a href="mailto:psytek@alphaonelabs.com">psytek@alphaonelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Willow,</div><div><br></div><div>Jeremy brought a new d-link router to setup with open-wrt and we discussed setting up nodes. They attempted the first official link of NYC mesh net last week and realized the router has to be customizable. There are about 3-4 people in NYC in the group who have nodes to setup. Ours is on the way and its just a matter of time before we start getting connected.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There is more info here:</div><div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://wiki.projectmeshnet.org/New_York_City_Meshnet" target="_blank">https://wiki.projectmeshnet.org/New_York_City_Meshnet</a></span></div>
<div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap">And a Google group specifically for NYC here:</span></font></div>
<div><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nyc-meshnet" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nyc-meshnet</a></div><div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><br></font></div><div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI">Thanks,</font></div>
<div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><br></font></div><div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI">psytek<br></font><br><span>On Nov 7, 2012, at 7:52 AM, Willow Brugh <<a href="mailto:willow.bl00@gmail.com" target="_blank">willow.bl00@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Thank you, Jof. I'll loop you, hopefully by later today.<div><br></div><div>Are there any strong feelings for or against this discussion continuing on the list, or should I set up a different listserv?</div>
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<div>Psytek, are there any notes from last night?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Willow Brugh // <a href="http://blog.bl00cyb.org/" target="_blank">willowbl00</a><br></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline"></span><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jof@thejof.com" target="_blank">jof@thejof.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Willow Brugh <<a href="mailto:willow.bl00@gmail.com" target="_blank">willow.bl00@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> So things are pretty messed up in Far Rockaways and Staten Island. Likely<br>
> some other places as well, but that's all I can speak to right now. What<br>
> would really benefit everyone are mesh networks on old laptops - then<br>
> communities have an easier time of coordinating themselves, and at least<br>
> nominal information can be uploaded via vsat.<br>
><br>
> is this something that folk are into helping with?<br>
<br>
</div>I'm marginally interested.<br>
However, I would caution that "mesh" is not easy to do well with<br>
ad-hoc administration. I've seen it work well in either very small<br>
environments, or those that have one administrative group for<br>
everything.<br>
<br>
A Ubiquiti PTMP AP in a high location with downstream Ubiquiti clients<br>
speaking Airmax will work quite well, IMO. They've solved the hidden<br>
node problem inherent in multi-point, long distance WiFi shots.<br>
<br>
Lately, I've been doing a lot of experimentation with 802.11s and<br>
open80211s on Ubiquiti hardware and Linux laptops.<br>
<br>
There is good support in Linux for wifi adapters that are based on the<br>
mac80211 (software MAC) stack.<br>
<br>
I'd be happy to share what I know about it.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
jof<br>
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