[CUWiN] end-user mesh

[Jim Thompson]

Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, John Kintree wrote:
>
>> One requirement I did not see in the RFP for Wireless Philadelphia
>> (http://www.phila.gov/wireless/) is for end-user devices, such as laptop
>> computers and PDAs, to run the mesh networking software.  It seems 
>> like doing
>> so would practically eliminate dead-spots in the network.  Is porting 
>> the
>> cuwin mesh software to client platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows, ...) 
>> part of
>> the plan?
>
>
> The CUWiN software is small enough that it could be ported to a 
> variety of end-user devices.  We're currently working to crossbuild on 
> Linux.  We'd love to port to various platforms and devices -- just 
> need to find either the funding to hire folks or the volunteers who'd 
> like to work on adding this functionality.

I've volunteered for LX50 / RTL8181 and Intel Xscale (ixp42x) once Mr. 
Young gets the netbsd part of the tree
up to snuff WRT FreeBSD.

I think its a mistake to require people to load new software on their 
laptops, even if it improves the situation.
Folks won't do it.

The RFP requires 802.11 STA access, btw.  (Including 802.1x/WPA/WPA2).

jim