Links

Networking

• Subnet Mask Cheat sheet - for information about IPv4 subnets

Software

• NetStumbler - Windows application for mapping access point coverage. Very useful for net stumbling, obviously, and checking to see what coverage your new node has!

• Kismet - Performs similar function to net stumbler, but works in Linux, FreeBSD etc. Very funky application, with straight forward display. Can use GPS data to create maps of coverage.

• MacStumbler - Similar to NetStumber, but for Mac OS X.

• iStumbler - General purpose stumbler for Mac OS X, with support for Bluetooth devices and Bonjour, as well as WiFi

• AirSnort - Wireless LAN tool to recover encryption keys used with WEP. Wonder what you would use that for? :)

• WiFi Dog - Hotspot management/splash screen software - open source

• Chillispot - Another splash screen authentication software

• Mike Saywell's splash screen - Splash screen used on the original SOWN network to chose gateways

Hardware

• www.soekris.com - Supplier of x86 based embedded systems as used on SOWN nodes

• www.routerboard.com - Produce MIPS based embedded systems, slightly cheaper than Soekris and can have up to 6 mini PCI cards on one board

Routing Protocols

• Quagga - Quagga is an enhancement to Zebra supporting RIP, OSPF and BGP over IPv4 and IPv6. Documentation at www.quagga.net/docs/docs-info.php

Licensing Issues

• Ofcom - Office of Communications, responsible for licensing in the UK
• 802.11a/b/g Channels - Legal channels with their frequencies for 802.11a/b/g provided by Cisco

Other Wireless Groups

There are a number of community wireless groups around today (too many to list individually here). A good place to find information about them is Google