[Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox Testing 2012.0617 Image Published

[Isaac Wilder]

They could connect to each via secure tunnels using existing network
infrastructure, assuming that your neighbors have such connectivity.
They could also be attached to radio transponders participating in a
mesh network in order to connect with each directly.


imw

On 06/17/2012 06:19 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> I got my FreedomBox working last night.  Booted up.  192.168.1.1, pwd
> nosoup4u. It worked great. Was able to plug in eth0 and eth1 into my
> LAN (at different times) and get Internet access while using WiFi as
> an access point.
>
> I was explaining it to my family last night, but I got stuck on
> something:  How this will work? :-)
>
> How can a Freedombox connect to more than one other Freedombox at a
> time?  Meaning how could my Freedombox connect to my neighbor's to the
> east, and my neighbor's to the west, and my neighbor across the street
> all at the same time, able to send data back-and-forth on WiFi?
>
> Best regards,
> Rick C. Hodgin
>
> On 06/17/2012 03:15 PM, Nick M. Daly wrote:
>> Hi folks, the latest FreedomBox testing image is published at the usual
>> places ([0], [1], [2]).  Sorry it's late, I'm trying to figure out how
>> to make it easier to turn the directory image into a QEmu image, but
>> haven't had much luck so far.  I've also had trouble installing the new
>> image to my DreamPlug, which doesn't make much sense, given how little
>> has changed since I installed it from Bdale's original repository.  If
>> anybody else has similar problems or solutions, I'd appreciate any
>> input.
>>
>> Again, THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE FREEDOMBOX.  PLEASE USE AN ESTABLISHED
>> SYSTEM TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY.
>>
>> Changes this week include:
>>
>> - James Valleroy added Plinth's required packages to the FreedomBox
>>    image to make it work better, out of the box.
>>
>> - Tom Galloway completed FreedomBuddy's web-UI.  It still needs love to
>>    make it pretty, but it's wonderfully functional.
>>
>> - Other stuff I've forgotten?
>>
>> Thanks to all the contributors,
>> Nick
>>
>> ----
>>
>> 0: https://github.com/NickDaly/freedombox-image
>>
>> 1: https://www.betweennowhere.net/tracker/freedombox-unstable.torrent
>>
>> 2: https://www.betweennowhere.net/tracker/freedombox-unstable.tar.bz2
>>
>>
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