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Contents 1 Organisations 2 Networks 3 Structured mesh 4 Resources 4.1 Software 4.1.1 Protocols 4.1.2 Drivers 4.1.3 Operating Sytems 4.1.4 Firmware 4.1.5 Simulation 4.2 Hardware 4.2.1 Antennae 4.3 Networks 4.3.1 VPN 4.4 Research 4.5 Other 5 In the Media

[edit] Organisations

The IETF manet (mobile ad-hoc networks) working group

OPLAN Foundation open public local access networks.

FreeNetworks.org is a volunteer cooperative association dedicated to education, collaboration, and advocacy for the creation of FreeNetworks. You can show solidarity and support the cause by building a network that follows our peering guidelines, and identify it to your users as a FreeNetwork.

The Wireless Internet Institute

Open Spectrum Uk

[edit] Networks

South Africa

JAWUG Johannesburg Areas Wireless User Groups.

PWP Pretoria Wireless Project.

NodeDB

International

CUWiN Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (See CuWIN Visit)

Freifunk.Net

[edit] Structured mesh

Mesh dynamics

[edit] Resources

[edit] Software

This shows how to create the C++ build environment on OpenWrt Help on Cross-compiling

[edit] Protocols

List of popular mesh protocols

Zebra

Advanced Linux Routing

Setting up RIP on Zebra

Zebra Manual

[edit] Drivers

Wireless LAN resources for Linux

[edit] Operating Sytems

The Linux Wireless LAN Howto

[edit] Firmware

OpenWRT

HowTo: Mesh Network on a WRT54G using OLSRd

[edit] Simulation

NEC tools

NEC 2

[edit] Hardware

[edit] Antennae

Homebrew Omni Guide

Extremetech guide to building a cantenna

Cantenna HowTo

Freeantennas.com

Vertical Co-linear Antenna Design

[edit] Networks

[edit] VPN

Creating a VPN between two networks, separated by the Internet, using FreeBSD gateways.

Linux IPsec HOWTO

IPsec tools

Setting up a windows XP client

IPsec and you

OpenSwan setup for Linux server and Linux/Windows clients

FreeSwan setup for Linux server and Linux/Windows clients

[edit] Research

List of Mobile Adhoc Network Publications

Huge list of links related to Ad Hoc networking

IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine Special Issue on Wireless Mesh Networking available February 2006

[edit] Other

Comprehensive list of Wireless Links.

Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help. link title

[edit] In the Media

Creamer Media's Engineering News Article

Go Gauteng Newsletter Article

Cisco's new mesh offering tirals