Lab Mesh
Distributed network infrastructure for hackerspaces/community labs.
Exploring Community Networks
OpenWrt
- First Login
- Basic Configuration
- The UCI System
- ASUS WL-500g Premium device page
- Use 3g/UMTS USB Dongle for WAN connection
- How To Use LTE modem in QMI mode for WAN connection
Alternative Firmware
Mesh Networking
- Open Source Mesh
- Wireless Networking in the Developing World
- OSLR Mesh Routing Protocol
- Open Mesh Tools
- Tonika
- SolarMESH
- Hyperboria
- Commotion
- Solar Powered Hotspots
Community Applications
Community Networks
Open Hardware router SBCs
Router motherboards
- Banana Pi R1 (65$-90$)
- SolidRun ClearFog(170$+)
- Turris Omnia
- WiTi Board (69$)
- Geos1.1 ADSL2+ x86 Router Board
Wifi modules
ADSL modules
Outdoor Wifi Antennas
- TP-Link 2.4GHz 15dBi Outdoor Omni-directional Antenna
- Easy Homemade 2.4Ghz Omni Antenna
- DIY 2.4Ghz directional biquad antenna
- 10 $ WIFI 16dBi Super Antenna
- DIY WiFi range extender from a standard antenna
- Home-brew Compact 6dBi Collinear Antenna
- Wideband Spiral Helical Cone Antenna for WiFi and FPV (plus lots of other exotic antenna designs from the same author)
- Cantenna
- WokFi
- DIY antenna designs
Other Wireless Protocols
- HAM?
LoRaWAN
GSM
Exploring decentralized/p2p/overlay networks
- Virtual Distributed Ethernet
- Freelan
- tinc
- ChaosVPN
- NetVirt
- GNUnet
- SoftEther
- OpenVPN
- ZeroTier
- lcvpn
- dn42
- SAFEnet
- Ouroboros
- I2P
- Tor
- Ring
Exploring dynamic DNS
- sftdyn
- nsupdate.info
- what about resource discovery? just use avahi/zeroconf?