Re: Freemesh.ie - Bringing an equivalent to the german Freifunk Communities to Ireland.

Yokes! <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:32:06 +0000
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Why internet 6 only?
Is there any encryption with this network, or is everything unencrypted.
I didn't see any mention of it, but I don't want to assume.


On 27/12/16 18:57, Martin List-Petersen wrote:
> 
> It's christmas time .. and there's finally time to sit down and do
> something else than work or the usual stuff ...
> 
> I'm not sure, how many of ye have come across the german Freifunk
> (translates "Free Radiotransmission") Community.
> 
> 
> Freifunk .. or the non-german equivalent "Freemesh" is a free Hotspot
> network. Anybody can participate and you can connect without having to
> register at any freifunk/freemesh hotspot.
> 
> 
> The firmware for this network is based on OpenWRT (or LEDE in the
> future, which is an OpenWRT fork), so most embedded Linux router or even
> PCs can be used for this. A minimum specification is required though.
> 
> 
> So I sat down the last few days and put the entire infrastructure for a
> rollout in Ireland in place. On top of that, the irish version comes
> with a bit of a kick: it will only use IPv6. There is a NATpt (or NAT64)
> gateway in place, so of course hosts, that are not IPv4 enabled can
> still be reached. The Freemesh software uses a self-healing mesh
> protocol based on B.A.T.M.A.N IV, so if enough other Freemesh routers
> are around, it will just recalibrate automatically, when one if it's
> "neighbors" disappears.
> 
> 
> This is largely a modern incarnation, of what we used to have in the
> form of IrishWan/TheWan (http://www.thewan.net) over 10 years ago. The
> threshold to participate is much lower though.
> 
> 
> And another little bonus: I've been landed with the entire stock of
> Fonera routers, that was emptied out of there warehouse, when they
> stopped selling to the public 2 years ago. 7 pallets of the stuff. Of
> those over 1200 are the Fonera 2.0n (or Fon2303A), which are usable for
> Freemesh. So for a small donation of 5 EUR (if collected in person or 10
> EUR (if shipped), which goes towards running the Freemesh Ireland
> Gateway etc, you can get a pre-flashed router.
> 
> 
> Happy xmas and a good new year.
> 
> 
> /M
> 
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