[Commotion-dev] LibraryBox: filesharing and mesh

[Chris Ritzo]

On Fri 26 Jul 2013 09:36:23 PM EDT, Seamus Tuohy wrote:
>
>
> 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
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I emailed him last week but no response yet.

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Chris Ritzo
Technologist, Open Technology Institute
New America Foundation