Another great day at Wireless World. More positive feedback, support and best wishes – which was really encouraging. Mark Pesce gave a presentation titled “Everywhere” at the main speaking slot at the Wireless and Mobility Summit. Lots of people were interested in being involved in the project with some even committing to participate in the [...]
Day 1 at the Wireless World expo was quite successful. Lots of positive feedback (nearly non negative), and great industry contacts. Read Nat’s write-up: “Really good day, got lots of people interested in the project and got a chance to hone our project spiel and a better idea of which points to emphasise or explain in more detail or [...]
Sydney Morning Herald picks up Free Sydney Wireless: “Frustrated by the NSW Government’s stalled free wi-fi project, a group of Facebookers have decided to start their own.” “Free Sydney Wireless’ next recruiting drive will be in March at Barcamp, an informal web developers’ get-together. “We will try to set up a wireless net at Barcamp [...]
Not to turn you off in using any open Wifi hotspots, but NO, it is not secure using an open Wifi hotspot. After all, it is ‘open’ for anyone to join. That means anyone could read along with what you are reading (given some specific network sniffing tools). In a secured, closed wireless network, the [...]
A comprehensive overview of what a “Wireless Community Network” is at Wikipedia: “Wireless community networks or wireless community projects are the organizations that attempt to take a grassroots approach to providing a viable alternative to municipal wireless networks for consumers.” Read on
From meraki.com “Mesh networking is a powerful way to blanket any area with wireless Internet access. In most wireless networks each access point is plugged directly into an Internet connection. But Meraki mesh networks are different. Our repeaters communicate wirelessly with each other, meaning that each repeater can provide Internet access, even without its own [...]
Sydney Morning Herald journalist Nick Galvin peeps into the future and discusses ten things he thinks will change our future, including Mark Pesce’s Mob Rules, and Meraki: “Put several Merakis together in a neighbourhood and they will instantly form a “mesh” network, giving internet access to anyone in the area. These ‘guerilla’ networks are beginning [...]
Nathanael Boehm was experiencing some problems with his Meraki mounted near a aluminum window frame. Head over to read his solution.
