JAWUG

wild_west_mesh was born here...

NodeDb:http://www.nodedb.com/africa/za/johannesburg/view.php?nodeid=152

My equipment at home: 2 X Linksys WRT54G (2.2), with OpenWRT, Freifunk firmware and OLSR

2 X 14dB Sectors (On loan from Ryder),

Old setup with 1 radio and 8dB omni

LAN IP Range: 172.16.5.128/26

Link to RyderNET wild_west_mesh1

Link to submethod wild_west_mesh2

Link to madsimba wild_west_mesh2

Sangoma's 2nd mutilated radio, carefully wrapped and placed above the original mutilated and bare radio.

About me: I'm one of those lucky few that gets to pursue my hobbys at "work". Working for the CSIR Meraka Institute, http://www.meraka.org.za , Im part of a research team working on the Wireless Africa project http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za/wiki/ .The aim of the project is to research mesh/community owned wireless networks with the aim of providing alternative connectivity solutions to rural areas.

The aim is to contribute to the world-wide "revolution" through our research into things like mesh routing protocols, low cost hardware etc. and we aim to bring these technologies to the rural areas of South Africa, where communities have been failed by telcos and Government. There is no financial incentive, we want the networks to be built, owned, maintained and used by the communities.

My reasons for joining JAWUG are so that I can enjoy my hobby after work as well, much to the dismay of my wife. I try and share what I've learnt at work with the JAWUG community and have learnt lots from the community as well.

Blog: http://ysfk.blogspot.com

and http://csircoin.blogspot.com