[Commotion-dev] LibraryBox: filesharing and mesh

[Paul Gardner-Stephen]

It is indeed an MR3020, the same as we are using for the Mesh Extenders at
present.

I will poke the guys, because there it looks like there should be no reason
not to merge the software for both.

Paul.




On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Ben West <ben at gowasabi.net> wrote:

> A friend pointed me to this Kickstarter for LibraryBox:
>
> "LibraryBox is an anonymous fileserver based on cheap hardware that runs
> on little power and serves files to any wifi-enabled device with a browser.
> It is a fork of the Open Source project PirateBox, altered to be more
> comfortable to use for libraries, educators, and anyone else that has a
> need to serve files in locations that lack reliable, unfiltered
> connectivity with the Internet."
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/griffey/librarybox-20
> http://librarybox.us/
>
> The photo suggests a TP-Link TL-MR3020 or TL-WN703N, indeed with an
> itty-bitty flash drive in the USB jack.
>
> Likewise, I'm about to deploy my 2nd TL-MR3020 as a repeater node for
> WasabiNet, having finally squeezed enough of the firmware into 4MB to get
> mesh + AP + coovachilli all onboard.
>
> It is neat to see a low-cost platform like the TL-MR3020, whose intended
> use as "3G travel modem" is kinda worthless, but which nevertheless enables
> quite a diversity of community wifi projects.
>
> --
> Ben West
> http://gowasabi.net
> ben at gowasabi.net
> 314-246-9434
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