BRN Further Info

From SarWiki

Technical Papers:

• Programming the Linksys WRT54GS Wireless Broadband Router (Tutorial)
• WiMax's technology for LOS and NLOS environments (pdf)
• Using Standardized Development Environment for OpenWRT (Tutorial)
• Upgrading the Linksys WRT54GS antenna
• Hacking the Netgear wgt634u (obsolete) / BRN:Software:Build and Distribution (WiP)
• OpenWGT http://openwgt.informatik.hu-berlin.de/
• How to share your internet access

Known Hardware:

• BRN:Hardware:WPNT843 Netgear WPNT834 (uses MIMO)
• Meshnode
• alternative Hardware RouterBOARD 532A

General Press:

• Intel has unveiled proposal for 802.11s, a new mesh wireless networking standard. ZDNet UK, Mach 2005 (cached pdf)
• Utopien aus Sauerkrautdosen. Spiegel (German), March 2005. (cached pdf)
• Breitband zwischen Deich und Düne. Spiegel (German), March 2005. (cached pdf)
• DSL-Alternativen – Schnelles Internet per Satellit und Funk. NDR (German), February 2006. (cached pdf)

Similar projects in other cities:

• MIT RoofNet in Boston
• New York Wireless
• Austin Wireless
• Seattle Wireless
• http://wavelan-berlin.de -- Freies Netz in Berlin
• http://freifunk.net -- Freie (Wlan)Netze in Dtl., Österreich und der Schweiz
• http://www.funkfeuer.at/ -- Freies Netz in Wien
• WlanHain (Wireless LAN in Berlin Friedrichshain)
• WlanHSH (Wireless LAN in Berlin Hohenschönhausen / Weißensee)
• wireless DSL in Niederbayern

Working Groups

• Microsoft Mesh
• Intel Mote (Self-Organizing Sensor Networks)