[OpenWireless Tech] Hello World

[Natanael]

I guess he means things like transparently switching routers as you move
around, and the ability to identify yourself to these routers (such as on a
paid network or an open network with paid services).

As I've written on this list before, I prefer that clients connects
anonymously and then authenticates (after the router has proven it's
identity). Authentication could use smartcards, username+pass (+server),
crypto, or whatever you want. If we will need auth, we need a system that
allows adding any type of auth. We should not hardcode it. But we should
provide standardized options.

So how should these standard options work?
Den 1 nov 2012 16:34 skrev <michi1 at michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com>:

> Hi!
>
> On 09:05 Thu 01 Nov     , Todd Freeman wrote:
> > That is one thing I have been wondering about a lot, why go with
> > unencrypted wireless when there are so many wireless services already in
> > existence, using open source software,  which allow for centralized user
> > database ?
>
> Can you clarify what you need by "central user database"? What information
> should be stored in there and how should this help?
>
> > It just seems that would be more robust, for instance, currently there
> > is not really a community built around this (openwireless) as far as I
> > can tell, it feels like it was created in response to the technical
> > hurdles of mesh type networks (and the overhead). Thus while technically
> > simple (for a small number of routers) there is no real communication
> > between the hosts, and no incentive to communicate, which will lead to
> > stagnation (if that has not already happened).
>
> You've lost me here.
>
> > I think there are a lot of people interested in this sort of thing (city
> > wide wifi has been thrown around a lot lately) who have either the
> > equipment or finance to help a project like this, but not the skill.
> >
> > There are already opensource projects in the same vein, such as
> > openwisp, but the documentation is mostly in italian. So I guess my
> > question here is, is there anyone on this list who would like to help me
> > develop a guide for setting up wifi on a city wide scale, that we can
> > then propose to cities who are interested ?
>
> Take a look here:
> http://wndw.net/
> There are a lot of other guides out there, too.
>
> > I already have the infrastructure in place and running (I standardized
> > on ubiquity hardware), I have only been having difficulty setting up the
> > auth system.
>
> What auth system?
>
>         -Michi
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