Resources for low cost wireless networking
1) Wireless Networking in the Developing World,
is the best overall source in our opinion.
2) The wireless schools at The Abdus Salam ICTP Trieste are a great source of information, too:
e.g.
the curriculum of the most recent activity
http://wireless.ictp.it/groups/wireless/weblog/39bee/tentative_timetable.html
and the video archive
http://www.ictp.tv/eya/school2008.php
3) The materials developed as part of the “Capacity building for community wireless connectivity in Africa” initiative
which is funded by IDRC and coordinated by APC.
This is a set of materials that can be used for training, incl meta docs, trainers notes, exercises, etc
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/wireless.shtml
4) The South African CSIR Meraka Institute’s Wireless Africa program -
another active organisation dedicated to making low cost networking accessible across the African continent:
http://www.meraka.org.za/wireless.htm
5) Specifically for Mesh networking,
a presentation from the ICTP 2008 wireless school:
http://wireless.ictp.it/groups/wireless/weblog/0c7ff/Mesh_Networking_.html
and the Meraka Mesh Guide, describing a Freifunk type mesh network:
http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za/wiki/index.php/DIY_Mesh_Guide
6) Finally, a still video (aiming at making video based teaching language independent) about
how to build a Cantenna:
http://wire.less.dk/cantenna/
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