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

Yokes! <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:45:55 +0000
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Gee! No need to rub my face in the stupid.

:)

On 28/12/16 11:31, Martin List-Petersen wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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