[school-discuss] wireless school/community network

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Subject: [school-discuss] wireless school/community network

From: "j. Tim Denny" <johndenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 16:27:25 +0700

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friends

I was just thinking about how to setup an 802.11 bgn network for a school and the neighboringÂcommunityÂin rural/remote areas... ÂÂ

here is what I would like to see....

$100 solar powered wifi access points with hotspot capability - Âweb based authentication
$20ÂnormallyÂpowered access points - whereÂstableÂelectricity is available

This Tenda wifi routerÂsellsÂfor $15 in Hanoi... Â http://www.tenda.cn/tendacn/Product/show.aspx?productid=353Â but I cannot find a way to reliably hack a WRT firmware with chilispot in there... Âthen again that is above my paygrade...

I am guessing that for about $500-$1000 we could make a 1-2km school wifi zone thus enabling a move to the next stage of blended learning where students and the community could access digital materials 24/7 Âno need for internet Âbut that surely would be nice...

Does Âanyone haveÂexperienceÂwithÂideas such as this? Â do you know experienced wifi router hackers that could do an open source project to develop wifi router packages for the future?

Cheers

Tim
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