[isf-wifidog] WifiDog TNG - some relevant tools

[Michael Lenczner]

Wow - that's great, David!

Gabe wanted to organize the categories more logically.  I just wanted
us to put together something that could be shared for a Wifidog
meeting today in Quebec.

Obviously it would better for this to live on the wifidog wiki.  In
the meantime I can add you as an editor to the google doc and you can
make the improvements directly.  Email me offlist if that's okay.   If
not I can integrate these changes later.



On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:48 AM, wlanmac <wlan at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I thought I would help you organize it a bit:
>
> - I'd create a section for "Firmware" (or more specifically, Firmware
> GUIs or "firmware configuration management"). Under this, you could put
> OpenWrt/x-wrt, m0n0wall, Open-mesh (and OrangeMesh Dashboard), and even
> CoovaAP.
>
> - There are other Firmware distros, dd-wrt, sveasoft, and tomato are
> pretty popular.
>
> - Some of the service providers have their own "custom firmware", but
> your list could also note what they base the firmware on and if they
> release their changes per GPL (a couple of them are hardly that "custom"
> and often without proper GPL compliance - I saw a recent article that
> claimed dd-wrt falls into that category even still).
>
> - A new release of CoovaAP on kamikaze is being planned and worked on.
> Of course, it will include WiFiDog support just as before.
>
> - Chillifire (given the name) is probably using CoovaChilli/Chillispot.
> They are a service provider, not unlike others on the list.
>
> - CoovaChilli is an Access Controller (or Gateway), and most of the
> hotspot service providers mentioned use it.
>
> - You might want a section for "Service providers" to include CoovaAAA
> (which will become part of CoovaNET), CoovaOM, Sputnik, Worldspot.net,
> WiFi-CPA, etc. You could further break them up by those with a free
> service.
>
> - CoovaOM isn't specific to Mesh, but we are working with Open-mesh to
> create an easy one-click setup and to improve on mesh related features
> (like AP to AP roaming of authenticated users).
>
> - CoovaEWT is a Drupal module and a complete GUI framework. The next
> release of CoovaAP will have a CoovaEWT based GUI (which means only
> super light weight "web services" scripts are required on the router
> while the GUI can be provided from a standalone application (like the
> CoovaFX firefox plug-in)). EWT also provides the integration and GUI for
> CoovaRADIUS when used with Drupal. Note: EWT probably isn't relevant for
> your list.
>
> - The CoovaAAA with Facebook probably can just be part of CoovaAAA in
> general.
>
> Best regards,
> David
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 00:22 -0400, Gabe Sawhney wrote:
>> Mike and I put together this list of software/projects/technologies
>> that are relevant for us to look at while we think about the future of
>> WifiDog.  It's not an exhaustive list, but a place to start:
>> http://bit.ly/WifiDogTNGRelevantTools
>>
>> I'm like to start testing some of these out, to get a sense of how
>> they work, what features they have, how easy they are to use, etc.  If
>> others have experience with any of these, please share!
>>
>> Gabe
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