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

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 -

Updates and version control

The Freifunk and DD-WRT firmware is continually being updated and new releases are available on a regular basis. Always check for the latest versions online as the DIY Guide might not be updated regularly enough to reflect the newest versions of the firmaware.

Download

The latest version of the guide is available here

Feedback

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