Mesh/Educational Resources

Books

Free as in speech

• Wireless Networking In The Developing World - third edition published 2013

Looks very thorough and up to date. We should probably all read this!

If you read one of these books, read this one.

520 pages.

Only available in PDF. We should convert it to epub so we can more easily read it on the go.

• Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network - A DIY guide to planning and building a Freifunk based mesh network - published 2007

Exactly what it says in the title. Very step-by-step and not very technical.

• Wireless Mesh Networks - published 2011

A set of technical articles compiled into a book.

Looks like it has some interesting chapters, like "Trends and Challenges for Quality of Service and Quality of Experience for Wireless Mesh Networks" and "Secure Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks".

• How To Accelerate Your Internet - published 2006

Sounds like a scam but it's actually not. Look at the table of contents.

Has chapters on everything from policy work to OSI models, squid caching and traffic shaping.

Free as in beer

• No-Nonsense Study Guides

Intended for HAM radio operators studying for the license exam.

Probably not the best thing to spend time reading when learning about wifi unless you're really interested in the fundamentals of radio.

Non-free

• 802.11 Wireless Networks

Really amazing book. The best book I've ever seen on wifi. Highly recommended! Juul (talk)

Non-free _but_ it seems like you can read the entire book by clicking "Browse contents" above the image of the book cover.

We have an ebook copy and Juul (talk) has a physical copy of the first edition.

• Building Wireless Community Networks - Rob Flickenger published 2001

Really good info.

Over 10 years old, but lots is still relevant.

Non-free _but_ it seems like you can read the entire book by clicking "Browse contents" above the image of the book cover.

We have an ebook copy.

• Wireless Hacks - Rob Flickinger

From 2005, so lots of outdated info on software and hardware.

Some good info about antennas and connectors.

Non-free _but_ it seems like you can read the entire book by clicking "Browse contents" above the image of the book cover.

We have an ebook copy and Juul (talk) has a physical copy.

Articles

• 2 January 2014 - It’s Time to Take Mesh Networks Seriously (And Not Just for the Reasons You Think) by Primavera De Filippi (Wired).
• 13 December 2013 - The Mission to Decentralize the Internet by Joshua Kopstein (The New Yorker).
• 13 November 2013 - Home Wireless Network Keeps the Snoops Away by Kate Murphy (NY Times).
• 6 June 2013 - Former FCC Chairman: Let’s Test an Emergency Ad Hoc Network in Boston by Julius Genachowski and Jonathan Zittrain (MIT Technology Review).

Video

Battlemesh talks

• Talks from Battlemesh v6 in 2013
• Talks from Battlemesh v5 in 2012 should be somewhere in here but I can't find them.
• Talks from Battlemesh v4 in 2011

B.A.T.M.A.N.

• CCCamp 2007 talk about the original BATMAN (layer 3) algorithm

DIY Instructables

• WiFi range extender w/ Linksys WRE54G
• Raspberry Pi: Completely Wireless IP Camera. Solar Battery Pack, WiFi, Logitech Camera, Raspbian