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 0.7_65 of the DIY guide 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 - Dare is currently reading for his PhD.

Lawrence Mboweni -

Ajay Makan - Ajay's passion lies in the development and implementation of wireless networks in communities, with a specific foucus on health and education

Henk Kotze -

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Resources from the guide

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

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