[OpenWireless Tech] "Open-mesh"

[Jordan Erickson]

I can speak from experience that a number of average consumers wouldn't
want you potentially bricking their perfectly working device by
re-flashing it with *wrt (if it didn't provide that functionality
already, of course) because it doesn't provide dual SSID functionality,
let alone even making the assumption that their device can provide the
functionality you're requesting them to provide.

Seeking sponsorship/donations of these types of devices wouldn't be out
of the question, either I'm sure. It would be great for small business
involvement if they can say they're providing a valuable service to
their local community by helping sponsor their purchase/installation.



On 11/08/2012 12:50 PM, Eugene Smiley wrote:
> I didn't say *only*, but it's an assumption that the average consumer
> is not going to say "Oh, I need to pay for a new piece of equipment?
> Ok." It will be more like, "But I have this perfectly working device
> right here. Why do I need yours?" 
>
> The Users page (https://openwireless.org/#/users) links to
> instructions for a few routers that can already provide open guest access.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Jordan Erickson
> <jerickson at logicalnetworking.net
> <mailto:jerickson at logicalnetworking.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 11/07/2012 09:09 AM, Eugene Smiley wrote:
>
>     *snip*
>     > I like the idea of the Open-Mesh products, but I feel they are
>     > overpriced for the value provided. I also think that they might not
>     > fit into the OpenWireless campaign since we are talking about
>     reusing
>     > existing routerAPs not replacing them. It could be possible
>     *snip*
>
>     Sorry, I'm new here - can someone point me to the "OpenWireless
>     campaign" specific goals that say we are *only* re-using existing
>     routers/APs? I thought the overall goal was to share your wireless
>     connection, regardless of the method/specific hardware or
>     technology used.
>
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