https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Wireless_mesh_networks_in_Somaliland&feed=atom&action=historyWireless mesh networks in Somaliland - Revision history2024-03-29T13:18:40ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Wireless_mesh_networks_in_Somaliland&diff=23&oldid=prevVivian: 1 revision imported2015-05-04T23:37:09Z<p>1 revision imported</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Wireless Networking in the Developing World<br />
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* Laura, Leon, Nasma, jenny, two other ladies joined later<br />
* Mobile phone healthcvare app in Nepal<br />
* Mesh networks for small autonomous communities<br />
* Somaliland has difficult, rocky terrain - no fiber coming in to the country, and <br />
* Where do fiber lines come in?<br />
* worked at a boarding school<br />
* setting up local services, such as OwnCloud (for file sharing), a wiki and a file server<br />
* little prior knowledge necessary<br />
* Used Commotion software from the Open Tech Institute<br />
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Questions:<br />
* How to support remote open source projects?<br />
** Network went down when water was accidentally poured into a generator and fried all of the devices<br />
** device issues - falling down from wind, power fluctuating<br />
** Hardest thing was not the software but rather the hardware and keeping devices powered<br />
** reallyly important to document well and train people to maintain it<br />
** Now training this teacher remotely<br />
** openflow - creating a script that auto-backs up the server and monitors power<br />
*** supply chain issues - building in places where the materials aren't available<br />
** Had a script that would reset the router<br />
Building a mesh network in rural somaliland [link]<br />
* Getting through concrete walls in not easy<br />
* The more devices, the better<br />
* Point-to-point links<br />
* $500 of funding from OTI for this small network<br />
** 4 picostations (omnidirectional), 2 point-to-point links<br />
* Only 2 service providers - one by a corrupt bank<br />
* Leon doing a project in Nepal, a mobile app that provides health answers for women with limited access to health resources, works over SMS<br />
* OpenBTS - open source DIY cellular networks<br />
* Mesh networks in America<br />
* friendly ISPs that allow sharing in their TOS<br />
* suggesting agile, small groups<br />
* local network shared among neighbors<br />
* mobile money<br />
** zaad<br />
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=Link dump=<br />
* [http://disastertechlab.org/ Disaster Tech Lab]<br />
* [http://www.shaqodoon.org Shaqodoon Project]<br />
* [http://openbts.org/ OpenBTS]<br />
* [http://commotionwireless.org Commotion Mesh]<br />
* [https://sudomesh.org Sudo Mesh wiki] <br />
* [http://WNDW.net Wireless Networking in the Developing World]<br />
* [http://servalproject.org Serval Mesh] <br />
* [http://denovogroup.org De Novo Group]<br />
** [http://furtherreach.net Further Reach]<br />
** [http://rangzen.io Rangzen] - secure mobile mesh app <br />
** [http://oti.newamerica.net/blogposts/2013/building_a_mesh_network_in_rural_somaliland-98554 Building a Mesh Network in Rural Somaliland]<br />
* [http://www.measurementlab.net/ Measurement Lab]<br />
* [http://whiteafrican.com/ The White African]</div>Vivian