Yes, I would like that, and be willing to help. I have been in communication with the people at www.personaltelco.net (Portland, OR) about this very idea. My public access point is listed on their node map. ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve ulrich" <sulrich at botwerks.org> To: <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:17 AM Subject: [TCWUG] interest in an actual community wireless network? > > all- > > i joined this mailing list a couple of weeks ago and i just recently > finished catching up on the mailing list archives. from some of the > discussions that took place a couple of months ago there was some interest > in creating a real community wireless network but nothing (or so it would > seem from the archives) was really done about it. > > i've had several opportunities to use the seattle wireless networks and > several in the bay area as well as the guerrilla network in the boston > area and i'm quite disappointed that there isn't anything equivalent in > the twin cities area. > > since building really big service provider networks is what i do for a > living. i figured if i'm disappointed in this i should really do something > about it. > > is there a populace amongst the list that would be interested in meeting > and coordinating the deployment (albeit i'm sure quite limited at this > time?) of such a network? i'm in the process of setting up a public > access point in my neighborhood (NE minneapolis) once my omnis show up. > > i've been hacking on the NoCatAuth stuff (http://www.nocat.net) to talk to > real routers (cisco) for the traffic shaping and such. since this seems > to be the most promising mode of community authentication i would be quite > willing to host an authetication server for local authentication and > integration with other WCNs. > > any takers? any interest in setting up a face to face meeting for > interested parties? there are a plethora of network design and > administration issues which would need to be addressed in deploying this > on any scale. i understand that the dunn bros. in st. paul has wireless > access and that it will be forthcoming at a few other locations. if there > is considerable interest in a whiteboard session i can likely host a > meeting a class/meeting room at work with a whiteboard. (sorry - no public > wireless access). > > > > > -- > steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org > PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >