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

From Tim's explanation, I can understand that he wants to provide internet access.

focus on intranet Âbut surely internet is to come... the focus would be to provide a wireless mesh network on the cheap and covering a community.

How many users will pass through simultaneously through the wifi?

again this is a project idea aimed at a future network... at present there are few devices in such communities... Â ÂIt would be great to have such a network set up on the forthcoming 802.11 ac standard with something like 1gb throughput Â probably something like half that in reality so lets say 250 up and 250kbps down... Â I would guess about 25-40 devices per wifi node may and more like 10 on average...

Do you already have the solar inverters?

I do not have anything... just thinking out Âloud...

If you answer my questions above , I can provide some solution.

are you familiar with any cheap wifi routers that are easy to hack in a firmware with captive portal?

Cheers

Tim

Thank you.

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 3:05 AM, Yishay Mor <yishaym@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think Omo Oaiya (cc-ed) has some experience in this area.

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On 19 May 2012 10:27, j. Tim Denny <johndenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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