[CS-FSLUG] wireless network in a disaster?

[Marco Tedaldi]

> 
> A couple of ideas come to mind.  One was to promote an idea such as the
> ICE 
> (In Case of Emergency) numbers used for cell phones, something that would
> be 
> universally understood, but for wireless networks.  Perhaps ICE software
> that 
> could access emergency routers (part of an emergency preparedness network)
> with local webpages with disaster / relief information and communications.
>  
Interesting Idea. But the network would have to be deployed long before the desaster.


> It wouldn't necessarily have to be part of a larger network if a few of
> these 
> provided critical local services to an emergency commnad centre.
> 
Only one uplink to the internet is needed for mesh networks. If configured correctly everyon can use it. So a single satelite uplink might be enough.


> Another question was, what, if any, usuable information does a router 
> broadcast.  If the router broadcast a website address as its
> identification 
> then by looking at the available routers someone would see one named 
> www.localemergency.net would they be able to establish a browser
> connection 
> to the host, even with the internet down, by accessing the webpage through
> that router.  I hope I've explained this well enough.
> 
The freifunk-firmware has a package which cn be installed named "DHCP-Splash". If someone connects to the router with a wireless device the first time, the webbrowser gets redirected to a configurable url. this can be a usage agreement or anything else. It is highly configuable. This would really be anything you needed for your idea to work.


> BTW, thanks for the suggestions on suitable battery powered routers.
> 
we're using them here, so it was easy...

There are separate mailinglists for such projects to... one is wlanware (about the firmware itself, it is linux-based, openwrt) and one is... wlan international or something like this. I'll need to take a look when I'm at home. There you meet people who are deploying such networks in remote areas.

BTW: can you tell more about your project?

God bless you

kruemi
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