[BuffaloWireless] Fwd: [ptp-general] Open Mesh -- the new Meraki

[Justin S. Leitgeb]

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<http://www.open-mesh.com/>.
>
>
> Open-Mesh <http://www.open-mesh.com/> 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<http://www.ggg.com/>.
>    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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