From justin at buffalowireless.org Wed Mar 12 07:14:21 2008
From: justin at buffalowireless.org (Justin S. Leitgeb)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:14:21 -0400
Subject: [BuffaloWireless] Fwd: [ptp-general] Open Mesh -- the new Meraki
Message-ID: <47D7BB0D.1000208@buffalowireless.org>
I thought that some of you might find this email about a router based on
open-source software interesting. It seems like a solution for
deploying mesh networks, without having to configure OLSR on top of
OpenWrt yourself.
I'd be interested if anyone decides to check this out or deploy a few of
these in a home or neighborhood.
Justin
> Today Michael Burmeister-Brown called me up and announced a new product and
> company designed to fill the void left by Meraki ?
> Open-Mesh.
>
>
> Open-Mesh does everything the original Meraki
> did ? and more:
>
> - It's inexpensive. Open-Mesh WiFi repeaters cost $49 each or $39.95
> (qty 20)
> - It's Ad free. Open-Mesh promises they will never push ads into your
> networks. You decide what, if any, content you want to display.
> - It's 100% open source and deployed on top of OpenWRT.
> You can change anything.
> - You can re-flash the firmware if you want.
> - The Dashboard management system provides free administration,
> alerting and mapping. It allows you to configure the ESSID, splash page,
> passwords, and Bandwith allocation of your networks.
> - The devices auto-configure. It's simple to create a neighborhood or
> apartment network. You don't need to use their management system if you
> don't want to.
>
>
> (www.dailywireless.org/2008/03/11/the-open-mesh-revolution/)
>
> - Sam
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