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

On Tuesday, 27 December 2016 20:32:14 UTC, Yokes! wrote:
>
> Why internet 6 only? 
>

IPv4 is on the way out. And hosts, that only have IPv4 will still be 
accessible, as there's a gateway. Just if your device doesn't do IPv4, it 
won't be able to connect. Most devices support IPv6 out of the box these 
days.

 

> Is there any encryption with this network, or is everything unencrypted. 
>

There is encryption from the node (Router) to the Exit Gateway using fastd, 
l2tp or openvpn. The Wifi connection is not encrypted. As with anything 
internet related, you're responsible for your security.

/M

 

> 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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