Meshcube: Open Source Mesh Network Nodes
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Meshcube: A New Mesh-Routing Wireless
Device
Meshcube: A New Mesh-Routing Wireless
Device
06/29/2004 07:30 AMCUWiN Goes Public with Open-Source Mesh
System
CUWiN Goes Public with Open-Source Mesh
System
02/01/2005 09:12 PM The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) released the
fruit of their efforts at the end of the week: The project is an
open-source effort to provide mesh networking with no center. The
system is self configuring among nodes which need no non-volatile or
permanent storage. To set up a CUWiN network, you burn a CD with the
0.5.5 software later this week and use it to boot a computer with a
support wireless card. The system finds nearby nodes, creates tables,
and establishes itself as part of the network. The software is free
and open source. The full press release is after the jump....
Open-Source Mesh Group Releases
Software, Discusses Social Goals
Open-Source Mesh Group Releases
Software, Discusses Social Goals
04/28/2004 01:03 PMChampaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network releases first-generation
mesh/cloud software, seeks input and development: I spoke with Sascha
Meinrath, one of the folks leading the CUWiN project, about the scope
of the project, their goals for outside participation, and his recent
trip to Amsterdam to meet with a group designing documentation on
wireless networks for developing nations. The CUWiN project wants to
allow self-forming, noncentralized, mesh-based Wi-Fi networks using
standard, old PCs with no configuration. Slightly more advanced units
could be ruggedized boxes using Compact Flash, but the basic unit
would be a 486 or later PC with a bootable CD-ROM or bootable floppy
that bootstraps a CD-ROM. Once booted, a unit finds other similar
units without any other configuration or control and forms a mesh.
"We've been developing software now since about 2000, and our idea is
to build software that is super user friendly, super easy for someone
who doesn't understand the nuances of the technology or community
wireless networking to set up their own system," said Meinrath. It's
an attempt to enable community networking to spread beyond the folks
who are self-starters. To test their current software, they put
together a bunch of old Pentium 133-based system with off-the-shelf
Wi-Fi gear, burned CD-ROMs, booted the boxes and watched the mesh
network form within five minutes. However, the current generation of
software "won't scale well: there's no route prioritization, and
there's this problem of the hidden node problem," he said. (In a
hub-and-spoke network, hidden nodes can see the hub not other spokes
and can disrupt other network traffic by improperly sending at times
when other nodes are transmitting resulting in interference and
back-off behavior that reduces network performance. Mesh avoids some
hub and spoke problems, but can effectively move the hidden node
problem to any mesh point that has some connected nodes that can hear
each other and some that cannot.) CUWiN is design a system to
prioritize routes among mesh nodes based on MIT Roofnet, and are
looking into the Hazy Sighted Link State (HSLS) routing issue. HSLS
uses packet economics: more dropped packets in a given route
de-emphasizes it shunting more traffic to more successful routes.
(Read more about this in CUWiN's FAQ.) The software release by CUWiN
of a CD-ROM image containing bootable node software along with the
developer's resource (distributed under a BSD license with plans to
move to a GPL license) is part of...
Open nodes in Ipswich UK
Open nodes in Ipswich UK
10/29/2003 12:29 PMHi I have only just started this and was wondering if anyone out
there knew of any open nodes in the Ipswich area in Suffolk UK ? I
have found 2 so far in Martlesham but have not had much luck in
Ipswich town. Joann
New IRC Network For Open Source Projects
New IRC Network For Open Source Projects
02/05/2005 09:36 PMSlashdot Feb 5 2005 10:56PM GMT
Open Source Network Administration
Open Source Network Administration
10/29/2003 12:31 PMFor a sysadmin, putting "MIT Network Operations" on a resume must feel
pretty satisfying. James Kretchmar got the job, and now has written
the book. ALecs ...
Friendster scales the network with open
source
Friendster scales the network with open
source
04/07/2005 09:32 PMTechWorld Apr 8 2005 1:34AM GMT
International Open Source Network (IOSN)
International Open Source Network (IOSN)
07/30/2004 06:51 AMInternational Open Source Network (IOSN)http://www.iosn.net/The
International Open Source Network (IOSN) is a Center of Excellence for
FOSS in the Asia-Pacific Region. It shapes its activities around
Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies and applications. Via a
small secretariat, the IOSN is tasked specifically to facilitate and
network FOSS advocates and human resources in the region. The vision
is that developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region can achieve
rapid and sustained economic and social development by using
affordable yet effective FOSS ICT solutions to bridge the digital
divide.
Open source moves to network management
Open source moves to network management
09/20/2004 12:17 PMA California-based start-up says the open-source business model makes
sense for network monitoring, a services-intensive area.
Open source network administration with
MRTG
Open source network administration with
MRTG
11/03/2003 08:59 AMMRTG is the Multi Router Traffic Grapher, a piece of free software
released under the GNU General Public License. It was written
primarily by Tobias Oetiker and Dave Rand. MRTG produces Web pages
that display graphs of bandwidth use on network links on daily,
weekly, monthly, and yearly scales. This can be an invaluable tool for
diagnosing network problems because it not only indicates the current
status of the network but also lets you visually compare this with the
history of network utilization.
Open Source AV Proxies and Network
Scanners?
Open Source AV Proxies and Network
Scanners?
03/24/2005 08:09 AMSlashdot Mar 24 2005 12:13PM GMT
The Need for a Standardized Open Source
Network Authentication System.
The Need for a Standardized Open Source
Network Authentication System.
04/27/2004 12:39 AMOSNews:
The
Need for a Standardized Open Source Network Authentication System.
Having wrestled with PAM and LDAP, all I can say is "Amen".
Torque Network Gaming Library Released
Open Source
Torque Network Gaming Library Released
Open Source
04/20/2004 06:06 PMFrom Mesh to Network
From Mesh to Network
08/14/2004 04:47 PMThe case is being made for opening the premium spectrum used by
broadcasters in an article in The Economist and Shirky's Writings. The
focus is on interference which previously required geographic
monopolies managed by regulators, but we and our radios...
OSCON day three: A new, network world
for open source, a Java compromise, and
convincing the
boss
OSCON day three: A new, network world
for open source, a Java compromise, and
convincing the
boss
07/29/2004 06:45 AMAs open source programmers and entrepreneurs think about what it means
to be open source on 100,000 computers, and move deeper into the
business world and infrastructure, OSCON organizer Tim O'Reilly warns
that data and networking, not hardware or standards, are the lock-in
liabilities.
US city plans mesh Wi-Fi network
US city plans mesh Wi-Fi network
09/22/2004 06:36 AMComputer Weekly Sep 22 2004 11:08AM GMT
Strix Rides Mesh Network Wave
Strix Rides Mesh Network Wave
12/31/2004 12:32 PMComputer Reseller News Dec 31 2004 4:54PM GMT
Firetide's Mesh Network Lights Los Gatos
Firetide's Mesh Network Lights Los Gatos
11/12/2003 01:10 PMThree Los Gatos locations are using Firetide's mesh networking
technology to provide hot spots: The Opera House Banquet Meeting
Facility and the Hotel Los Gatos have both built networks. In
addition, the Opera House donated an AP to the town of Los Gatos to
provide Internet access to the town plaza located across the street.
Firetide caters to challenging deployments that are difficult to wire
because Firetide uses 802.11 radios for backhaul. The release doesn't
seem to be posted yet but should be here at some point. Strix is
another vendor that uses wireless for backhaul. These vendors should
be attractive to the cases where wiring is really difficult, like old
buildings on college campuses or downtown....
NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."
NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."
02/17/2004 11:57 PMAs per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself)
Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found
my post:
http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C
And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words:
___snip____
--
From: Katrin Verclas
Email: steering (a) nosi.net
Hi, Kevin -
NOSI actually just released a new...
Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group
Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group
05/07/2004 04:33 PMA key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed
to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the
legal standing of open-source software.
Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine
Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine
03/08/2004 11:20 PMhttp://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html
ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their
arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on
their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their
sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.
Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life
Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life
06/23/2004 08:27 PM As Canada protects the patents on genes, Download Aborted wonders
whether the genetic code should be considered Open Source. It's
slashdotted here. And as atonement for saying something positive about
the people at Microsoft — man, you folks are rough! —
here's some slashdottism about the anti-Open Source think tanks that
Microsoft is funding. (But I still like the Microsofties I've met. So
there.)...
Open source opportunity, open source
risk
Open source opportunity, open source
risk
09/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've been traveling more than usual lately, and while on the road I've
been working my way through the
ITConversations audio
archive. It's full of gems, and one of them is Doug Kaye's
interview
with Philip Greenspun. While discussing the
ArsDigita flameout,
Greenspun offers insightful perspectives on the opportunity, and the
risk, of open source as a business model.
...Open source process for open source
development
Open source process for open source
development
04/05/2005 11:50 AM
Sun has given every possible indication that Open Solaris will be run as a true
open source project. The latest indication is the make-up of the board
of directors:
Casper Dik,
Roy Fielding,
Al Hopper,
Simon Phipps, and
Rich Teer.
(via Simon Phipps - congrats Simon!)
From open source to open services to
open information
From open source to open services to
open information
03/29/2005 12:00 PM
My
March
21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition
because, on the same day, a new events database called
EVDB was announced and shown at PC
Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so
for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among
others:
Dan
Farber,
Ross
Mayfield,
Om Malik,
David
Weinberger, and
Paul
Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes).
The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style,
Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds
promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public.
...Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)
Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)
04/08/2005 04:56 AMTechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now
offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
05/05/2004 04:06 AMAbout a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to
SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point
for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the
terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification,
addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and
privileges that we associate with open source software.
Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source
Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source
02/13/2004 02:37 PMWhat should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows
2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says
Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the
whole enchilada.
Open source process for closed source
development
Open source process for closed source
development
04/05/2005 11:50 AM IBM Adopts
Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its
Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a
form of open-source development internally to create technology the
company will sell commercially.
IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a
collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing
and testing new technology.
Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM
Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community
Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company.
These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research
and Global Services, he said."
Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the
so called open source development process have they built into the
Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different
definitions of the open source development process (via
Ross
Gardler).
Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.
Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.
10/28/2003 11:06 PM
The meeting comprised four panels: Business, Technical, Legal,
and Social and Ethical, each of which featured an introduction of the
issues and follow-up with an interactive discussion between the
speakers and the audience. The aim was to capture and publish the
issues discussed in order to raise the industry awareness of the
benefits of Open Source.
Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.
Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.
02/18/2004 10:41 PMPi
ngtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With New Open Source Business
Model. Interesting.
Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware
Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware
12/19/2003 11:45 AMMSFT's apparent incapacity for patching MSIE vulnerabilities hasn't
deterred open-source hackers, who have released a free software patch
for a well-known Explorer vulnerability.
Update: Andrew sez, "...it contains buffer overflow exploits that are wide open for hax0r5 to take
advantage of. In addition, it redirects weird URL requests to -it's
own website-."
Update: Yoz points out
that the patch has been patched.
Link
(via /.)
Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks
Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks
04/12/2005 08:07 PMAccessible through common Web browsers, the collaboration platform
lets users share e-mail, calendar, tasks, threaded discussions and
documents originating from both proprietary and open-source systems.
When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter
When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter
07/20/2004 11:14 AMOne frustration too many: time for a rant. When a bug in Mozilla
(keyboard focus is on the previously selected window) has remained
unfixed for at least 18 to 24 months, when XFree86 mouse interaction
with PS/2 or GPM remains hazardous and makes a system unusable and
that bug has been fobbed off to the kernel developers and not dealt
with for at least two years - when there are more examples like this
that make using Open Source software a pain, what do you do?
Are you one of the few people with the time and money and
expertise sufficient to delve into the source yourself to fix the
problem?
Do we have it "too good" and these niggles are, by comparison to
the rest of the world's computer users (Windows), absolute peanuts?
Linux Sees Open Field for Open Source
(washingtonpost.com)
Linux Sees Open Field for Open Source
(washingtonpost.com)
08/03/2004 10:28 AMwashingtonpost.com - Plenty of tech experts have spent years trying to
convince the general public that the Linux operating system is
becoming more of a threat to Microsoft's Windows. With the LinuxWorld
conference underway this week in San Francisco, there is finally a
sure-fire sign that this may be the case: Microsoft won't be there.
More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention
More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention
08/09/2004 12:52 AMWi-Fi Technology Forum Aug 9 2004 5:11AM GMT
Open source cracks publishing wide open
Open source cracks publishing wide open
06/17/2004 11:24 AMOnce upon a time, publishing was the domain of large corporations.
Then came desktop publishing and the tools to produce a book shrank
from the cost of an aircraft carrier to the price tag of a PT boat.
Now, small publishers on the bleeding edge of technology are fomenting
a revolution that may change the publishing market forever. Open
source publishing tools, long derided as not being ready for battle,
are proving themselves in the trenches of small publishing.
Why open distribution is the real
promise of open source
Why open distribution is the real
promise of open source
06/16/2004 11:32 AM The White Rabbit has beckoned us down the wrong rabbit hole. Much has
been made about the open source revolution, and with good reason. The
open source development model produces superior software. But, in my
estimation, the real promise of open source lies not in open source,
but rather in open distribution. Here's why ...
Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source
Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source
02/13/2004 02:37 PMANALYSIS: Redmond would be smart to make lemonade out of lemons by
releasing the rest of the Windows code and letting developers have at
it.
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