Alternative Wireless Networks

Elvis Maximus writes "Technocrat.net has an interesting piece on an effort in London to create a wireless alternative to traditional ISPs called consume.net. Similar projects discussed include guerilla.net, SFLAN and SeattleWireless." Interesting both from the technological and legal sides.

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If dirt world communities behaved like online ones

[GMontag]

If dirt world communities behaved like online communities, or even if the HAM "spirit" would spread a bit, we could have wireless networks all across the countryside.

This securitygeeks story covers how to setup a very basic AirPort wireless network that can communicate at great distances as well as 128 bit encryption.

As far as I know you still have to use a Mac to use the AirPort base station, but it does not look like it would be impossible to hack for UNIX use (perhaps it already has been and I just missed the news).

Anyway, the point is that the hardware and the software is already here, all we need to do is band together and use it.

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