On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 03:26:23AM +0530, R. K. Rajeev wrote:
Dear Nagarjun,
I'm not sure if i can make it on that day, but if i can, i will definitely try to do it. If i can make it, i wanted to know if we could try something different at the same time.
I have seen some interesting projects out there, which should allow certain WIFI cards to be configured in linux to act as access points. Maybe, if we could get our hands on a laptop and one of these cards(Or even one with an inbuilt ipw2200, i think it may be supported), can we try adding a linux based Soft-AP to the mesh. It will be an interesting exercise, And also may bring up the possibility of some day building a truly *mobile* mesh, who knows.... ;)
in the mesh setup we are going to make, each card carrying machine will act as an access point. But if you have a different idea, sure we could try that as well.
Am i the only one who dreams of a *Hell's Angles(tm)* style OSS bike convoy, with every 15th bike acting as a AP, and every pillion rider surfing the net... just the imaginations of a demented mind...
yes, we do want this technology to be taken to buses and trains, if not bikes, so that the vehicles could act as ISPs to the mobile network in the rural India.
Nagarjuna