Post TU Comms and Networking

[River Song]

More progress.

I was always convinced that Meshed Wifi is going to be the way to go.
Although I managed to get kind of Meshed software up and running on a laptop,
I couldn't get any meshed software up and running on my target unit, a £38 computer (yummee)
Now I don't mind going through lengthy installation processes but I stop short
of having to hack apart Linux code. (A girl's got better things to do .... innit!)

As I said in a previous post, I have managed to get a full blow PBX up and running on this £38 computer
with a handful of extensions on smart phones. Good enough but unless I can Mesh them through the village I am limited to basic wifi distance.

This evening I found a source of ready built meshing computers complete with pbx software etc
that have a distance between nodes of around 2km line of sight. (Thats the difficult thing .... line of sight).
I've ordered a couple of these to play around with and at around the same price as my original target units they seem good value.

I'm now looking for a high point in the village. My local vicar, I've found has a stash of food, gennys, medical supplies and even -- wait for it .... a pair of UV5R's .....

He may let me use the tower of the church for experiments --- in the name of community cohesion. If it wasn't for the dog-collar, I'd kiss him.

More news as it happens


Allons-y