DIY Mesh Guide

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Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network: A do-it-yourself guide to planning and building a Freifunk based mesh network

Background

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About The Guide

Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network

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DIY Guide topics

Version 0.8 covers the following topics:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Description of a wireless mesh network
• Chapter 3: Important condsiderations
• Chapter 4: Required Hardware and software
• Chapter 5: Planning the wireless mesh network
• Chapter 6: Building the wireless mesh network
• Chapter 7: Services on the network
• Appendix A: Acronyms
• Appendix B: Configuration Steps
• Appendix C: Troubleshooting FAQ
• Appendix D: Wireless Regulations in Africa
• Appendix E: How to prepare a CAT5 LAN cable
• Appendix F: Resources
• Appendix G: Planning Sheet

Core Group

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David Johnson - aka "kingdavid" is a research leader in the Wireless Africa group at the Meraka Institute.

Karel Mathee -

Dare Sokoya -

Lawrence Mboweni -

Ajay Makan -

Henk Kotze -

Download

You can download the latest version of the guide in .PDF format here

Feedback

Please send us your feedback, comments and corrections to diymeshguide[at]meraka.org.za. We would like to know how you have used the guide, whether the guide was useful in setting up your mesh network and what topics should be expanded on or covered in the guide.

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Resources from the guide

A list of all the resources used in the guide can be found here