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from Tony
"Hello and greetings!
I think this is a great idea.
I was reviewing your current symbols and I had some questions/ideas:
1. Is there a symbol for a voluntary open node?
-The reason I ask is because when I first heard of this idea, I immediately thought about purchasing a Wireless Linksys Router and sharing my internet bandwidth along with marking the front of my building to let ppl know they can use my connection (I live in New York City, USA on the first floor –facing the street). I know this is a security risk but how cool would it be if more people felt the same way! In this case I thought it would be neat if there was a symbol for people like myself who are voluntarily sharing their bandwidth. (I have attached a simple idea for a symbol).
2. Is there a website to find out how many and who is supporting this?
Thanks for your time - DON’T SELL OUT!
:)"
Posted by matt at July 10, 2002 01:33 AM
Comments
I think this is a good idea. Sort of a warning, like, "screw up-bandwidth down." Good idea.
Posted by Robert at July 10, 2002 05:28 AM
Personally, I think that we should use http://home.nyc.ny.us/~mph/communitynet_nyc.png all over new york for open nodes. Others disagree with me. The logo is a copy (with permission) from personaltelco.net andthe group it is advertising is http://www.nycwireless.net/ Which does advocate having open wireless ports here in New York.
Posted by Matthew at July 10, 2002 04:59 PM
The voluntarily open symbol is dangerously close to the burningman symbol. Chalking this could attract art cars, digital gypsies and barter camps.
Posted by Greg Junell at July 10, 2002 09:38 PM
I'm interested in the first post that states that he wants to make his LinkSys Wi-Fi transmitter open for all. I inquired (with LinkSys)as to how to do that and was told it was not possible with their unit. Were they lying ? Can anybody tell me how to do it.
P.S.: I obviously like the idea of providing open access.
Robert
Posted by Robert at July 11, 2002 04:04 PM
As for opening your Router for all, you could just leave the DHCP turned on, and don't put any restrivted zones on. Then anyone who is looking to jump on your network would just have to make sure their computer is set to retrieve IP automatically. That should work for the most part.
Posted by Mike_N at July 11, 2002 08:34 PM
To continue my previous post (somehow I hit the POST button ;-) )
If you do that then you could make vertually and Wi-Fi router "open".
Posted by Mike _N at July 11, 2002 08:37 PM
I think this could be the way forward in promoting digital inclusion. Here in Edinburgh (Scotland) our org. has three voluntary open nodes and are currently negotiating an entire voluntary open node network across the City.
If you are simply allowing internet access there are no probs at all, no Data Protection Issues, no LAN/WAN security issues etc etc....power to the people.....
cheery,
Pete
Posted by pete mcdougall at July 18, 2002 09:51 PM
Open access point with a fake illness?
http://www.worldpath.net/~minstrel/hobosign.htm
Posted by Bob Pocket Profiler at July 23, 2002 05:46 PM
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