[Commotion-dev] LibraryBox: filesharing and mesh

[Seamus Tuohy]

On 07/24/2013 07:09 PM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
> On 07/24/2013 05:44 PM, Ben West 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 <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>
>> 314-246-9434
>>
>>
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> 
> I met Jason Griffey who is the developer of LibraryBox. One of his
> features for the next version is "mesh networking". I'm wondering if the
> work folks have done on "appropriate box" would be useful to share.
> 

The appropriate box was also inspired by David Darts pirate box (which
this is a fork of). It looks like he still uses python in his
implementation. We decided to package the features we wanted in a LuCI
package to save room. I would be interested in a conversation to see
where he is going with library box, and possibly learn from each others
explorations in this arena. It might be worth reaching out.

s2e