What is Ad Hoc?

What projects and initiatives are underway to build wireless ad-hoc mesh networks?

• in preparation for the in NYC October 20, we want to understand the current landscape of projects/initiatives building wireless ad-hoc mesh networks so efforts can be coordinated.

• Answer:

  here is the list i've been compiling: PROJECTS: - Open Mesh Project - http://www.openmeshproject.org/ - building a mesh network for Egypt - Open Source Mesh - http://opensourcemesh.org/index.htm - group looking at how to build a reliable open source meshing software - B.A.T.M.A.N. - http://www.open-mesh.org/ - better approach to mobile ad-hoc networking; routing protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks - Roofnet - http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/roofnet/doku.php - 802.11b/g mesh network in development at MIT CSAIL - GNUnet - https://gnunet.org/ - framework for secure p2p networking that doesn not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services - Dot-P2P - http://dot-p2p.org/index.php?title=Main_Page - a free, decentralized, and open DNS system - SMesh - http://www.smesh.org/ - seamless wireless mesh network being developed at John Hopkins University - Coova - http://coova.org/ - open source software access controller for captive portal (UAM) and 802.1X access provisioning - Babel - http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/ - a loop-free distance-vector routing protocol for IPv6 & IPv4 - SolarMESH - http://owl.eng.mcmaster.ca/~todd/SolarMESH/ - solar powered IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN mesh network  and relaying infrastructure solution - WING - http://www.wing-project.org/ - wireless mesh network for next-generation internet; partially built on Roofnet - Daihinia - http://daihinia.com/ - a tool for WiFi; turns a simple ad-hoc network into a multi-hop ad-hoc network - P2P DNS - http://p2pdns.baywords.com/ - building a distributed p2p DNS system - Digitata - https://sites.google.com/a/opensailing.net/digitata/ - developing an inexpensive infrastructure (low bandwidth internet terminals) for basic internet exposure to children in African countries - Netsukuku - http://netsukuku.freaknet.org/ - an ad-hoc netowork that uses only WiFi connectivity and a specifically-built adddress system that allows direct communications between machines without resorting to the HTTP protocol - Tonika - http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~petar/5ttt.org/ - open source organic network project; administration-free platlform for large-scale open-membership (social) networks with robust security, anonymity, resilience and performance guarantees COMMUNITIES: - We Rebuild - http://p2pfoundation.net/We_Rebuild - cluster of net activists who have joined forces to collaborate on issues concerning access to a free internet without intrusive surveillance - Freifunk - http://global.freifunk.net/ - non-commercial initiative for free wireless networks, in english here - Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Wireless_Metropolitan_Network - grassroots wireless community in Greece - Wireless community networks by region - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wireless_community_networks_by_region - list on wikipedia - wlan ljubljana (in slovenian) - http://wlan-lj.net/ - open wireless network in ljubljana - The Darknet Plan - http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/ - reddit thread dedicated to organizing anad creating a decentralized VPN as the first stage of the darknet plan - the connective - http://theconnective.net/fire/ - Q&A for a citizen-owned internet RESOURCES: - XO laptop by OLPC - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details - resource for mesh networking details - Border Gateway Protocol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol#Free_and_open_source_implementations_of_BGP - free and open source implementations of BGP - Ad hoc network routing protocols - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_routing_protocol_list - list on wikipedia - list of ad-hoc mesh network routing protocols that can be used during an ‘internet kill switch’ - http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/duplicates/fbwzy/list_of_adhoc_mesh_network_routing_protocols_that/ - reddit thread COMMERCIAL: - Meraki - http://meraki.com/ - cloud-hosted networking systems bringing enterprise-class networking to organizations - Open Mesh - http://www.open-mesh.com/ - creates ultra low-cost zero-config, plug & play wireless mesh network solutions - firetide - http://www.firetide.com/ - manufacturer of wireless networking equipment & provider of wireless infrastructure mesh for video surveillance