Mesh networking

Explore Mesh networking at the hackerspace

Inspiration

Goal
Explore solutions for offline
 * Chat/audio/video calls
 * Twitter/microblogging
 * Photo & file sharing

Explore methods and/or software for
 * Easy/cheap long (100m+) distance wifi
 * Simple mesh networking with existing hardware
 * OpenWrt mesh networking (?)
 * Cross platform compatibility
 * Ease of use

Obstacles

 * Cost
 * Range
 * Flexibility
 * Complexity

Resources

 * There are ~15 old WiFi access points sitting in the entrance.
 * Other people have done mesh networks with Ubiquity pico stations - see what else can be used

Schedule

 * Some time

Participants

 * Sasha