SimilarProjectLinks

Community/DIY Wireless Networks and Projects

People in other cities are setting up similar community wireless networks. See other lists of community networks at PersonalTelco's WirelessCommunities page and FreeNetworks' FreeNetworks:WirelessNetworkingProjects page.

Puget Sound / Seattle Area

• NodeOuterSpace (Bellingham, WA)

• http://www.everettwireless.net (Everett, WA)

• http://www.olyfree.net (Olympia, WA)

• http://www.seattlewireless.net (Seattle, WA)

• http://www.pdxwireless.org/ (Portland, OR)

• http://www.sdots.com/wireless (Portland, OR)

• http://www.personaltelco.net/ (Portland, OR)

• http://www.tricitieswireless.org (Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco,WA)

• http://www.vancouver-wifi.net/ (Vancouver, WA)

USA

• http://www.openwifispots.com (list of free WiFi hotspots around the United States)

• http://www.wifimaps.com - Location Based Wi-Fi - locate hot spots near you

• http://www.wififreespot.com/ (list of no-charge hotspots, aka freespots)

• http://www.fastlineinternet.com/ (The first AODV Mesh Netwk in the United States. Node builders can get free broadband access through this ISP.)

• http://www.wireless-revolution.net/ (a free network)

• http://www.opennodes.com/ (Listing of Open Nodes... Please add yours!!!)

• http://www.freewan.org/ (Lincoln, NE and greater midwest wireless project)

• http://www.wi-find.com/ (search for FREE wi-fi hotspots by)

• http://wireless.ucimc.org/ (Champaign-Urbana, IL) -- VERY ACTIVE GROUP Building a self-configuring, bootstrapping, WIRELESS NETWORK.

• http://www.warchalking.org/ (way to mark locations of hotspots, and recognize them)

• http://WebcatsWireless.com/ nationwide (worldwide?) wireless networking insider contacts (Lexington, KY)

• http://www.bawug.org/ (San Francisco Bay Area)

• http://www.wirelesscloud.net (Long Beach, CA)

• http://www.sflan.com/ (San Francisco, CA)

• http://www.sbay.org/wireless-net.html (Silicon Valley)

• http://www.airshare.org (San Diego, CA)

• http://www.sdwug.org (San Diego, CA)

• http://www.goldenhillfreeweb.org (San Diego, CA)

• http://www.milehihwireless.net/ (Denver Metro Area)

• http://groups.yahoo.com/list/aawlan (Ann Arbor, MI)

• http://www.4clx.com/rduwireless (Durham, NC) (** inactive **)

• http://www.triwug.org (Triangle Wireless Users Group, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC)

• http://www.nycwireless.net/ (New York, NY)

• http://www.orbittulsa.com/ (Tulsa, OK)

• http://www.ashlandunwired.com/ (Ashland, OR)

• http://austinwireless.net/ (Austin, TX)

• http://www.dfwfreenet.org/ (Dallas, TX)

• http://www.houston-wireless.net/ (Houston, TX)

• http://www.ogdenw.net/ ( OgdenWirelessNetwork / Ogden, UT Metro Area)

• http://mevard.www.media.mit.edu/projects/Davis-Net/ (Somerville, MA)

• http://www.guerrilla.net/ (Boston, MA)

• http://www.softroad.com/ (Chicago, IL) Defunct.

• http://ufo.chicago.il.us/ (Chicago, IL)

• http://www.gbppr.org/ (Green Bay, WI)

• http://www.novawireless.org/ (Northern VA)

• http://www.richmondfreewireless.org/ (Richmond, VA) **No longer available**

• http://www.airpower.com/delcowireless1.htm (Delco wireless project, Southeast Pennsylvania)

• http://www.BaltWUG.org/ (Baltimore, MD)

• http://pghwireless.zhrodague.net/ (Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Wireless

• http://www.kcwireless.net/ (Kansas City, MO and northeastern KS)

• http://www.themindlab.net/ (Canton/Akron, OH wireless project)

• http://www.juneauwireless.net/ (Juneau AK)

• http://www.tcwug.org/ (Twin Cities MN)

• http://www.twinportswireless.net/ (Duluth, MN; Superior, WI)

• "City Council unanimously approves Philly WiFi", Philadelphia (?)

• http://lawifi.lacity.org/ (Los Angeles, CA)

Canada

• http://www.calgarywireless.net/ (Calgary AB, Canada)

• http://www.wireFreeVan.com/ (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

• http://www.bcwireless.net/ (Vancouver BC, Canada)

• http://www.esoterraka.com/twcn/ (Toronto ON, Canada)

• http://www.ilesansfil.org/ (Montreal QC, Canada)

Europe

• http://www.ninux.org/ (Italy,Rome)

• http://www.StourValleyWireless.org.uk/ (Essex / Suffolk UK)

• http://www.wireless-italia.com/ (Milan, ITALY)

• http://www.wireless-bern.ch (Bern, Switzerland)

• http://www.artchalking.org/ (Munich, Germany)

• http://www.dublinwan.org/ (Dublin, Ireland)

• http://www.newrywan.org/ (Newry, N.Ireland)

• http://lln.udev.org/ (Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium)

• http://ReseauCitoyen.be/ (Brussels, Belgium)

• http://www.bgwireless.net/ (Belgrade, Serbia)

• http://www.nsmreza.co.yu/ (Novi Sad, Serbia)

• http://www.obrenovacwireless.net/ (Obrenovac, Serbia)

• http://ZGWireless.net/ (Zagreb, Croatia)

• http://www.aaae.dk/ Åben Æter (Copenhagen, Denmark)

• http://wire.less.dk/ wire.less.dk (Copenhagen, Denmark)

• http://www.consume.net/ (London, England)

• http://www.lancastermesh.co.uk/ (Lancaster, England)

• http://www.manchesterwireless.net/ (Manchester, England)

• http://www.digitalparish.com/ (Peak District, England)

• http://www.wireless-fr.org/ (France)

• http://www.paris-sansfil.info/ (Paris, France)

• http://www.wifi-montauban.net/ (Montauban, France)

• http://www.nantes-wireless.org/ (Nantes, France)

• http://www.amsterdamwireless.net/ Amsterdam, NL)

• http://www.amsterdam-wireless.nl/ Amsterdam, NL)

• http://funke.lo-res.org/ Vienna, Austria)

• http://www.wlan.freeuk.com (Luton & Dunstable, UK)

• http://elektrosmog.nu/ (Stockholm, Sweden)

• http://patraswireless.net/ (Patras, Greece)

• HotSpots in Germany (Nationwide, Germany)

• Hotspot-Locations (Europe, World)

• http://www.hb-wireless.de.vu (Bremen, Germany)

• http://www.wavehan.de/ (Hanover, Germany)

• http://www.boerde.de (Magdeburg, Germany)

• http://freifunk.net (Germany, Erste Anlaufstelle für den deutschsprachigen Raum)

• http://www.redlibre.net/ (Spain)

• http://www.madridwireless.net/ (Madrid, Spain)

• http://www.elchewireless.org/ (Elche, Spain)

• http://www.guadawireless.net/ (Guadalajara, Spain)

• http://www.salamancawireless.net (Salamanca, Spain)

• http://www.pucelawireless.net/ (Valladolid, Spain)

• http://www.valenciawireless.net (Valencia, Spain)

• http://www.valenciawireless.org/ (Valencia, Spain)

• http://www.zaragozawireless.org/ (Saragossa, Spain)

• http://www.canariaswireless.net/ (Canary Islands, Spain)

• http://www.fuengirolawireless.net/ (Fuengirola - Malaga, Spain)

• http://www.lagnetwireless.net/ (Vitoria-Gasteiz - Araba, Basque Country)

• http://www.webdolot.net/ (Olot, Catalonia, Spain)

• http://wireless.saltencs.net/ (Salt, Catalonia, Spain)

• http://www.gironawireless.com/ (Girona, Catalonia, Spain)

• http://www.backnet.org.uk/ (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)

• http://www.wavenet.at (Austria - Vienna - Wachau)

• http://www.petersson.at/coWlan (private Wlan in Vienna)

• http://www.wgv.at (Wardriving Group Vienna)

• http://www.wireless-arnhem.nl (Arnhem, The Neterlands)

• http://www.WirelessLeiden.NL (Leiden, the Netherlands)

• http://www.leganeswireless.com/ (Leganes,Madrid, Spain)

• http://www.sevillawireless.net/ a new growing 802.11b free network!

• http://www.norwaywireless.net (Norway)

• http://www.barcelonawireless.net/ (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

• http://www.matarowireless.net/ (Mataro, Catalonia, Spain)

• http://www.vocw.net/ (Cerdanyola del Valles, Vallés occidental, Catalonia, Spain)

• http://est.unileon.es/leonwireless/ (Leon, Spain)

• http://www.wimax.ch (Switzerland)

Australia

• http://www.x.net.au/ (Australia)

• http://www.innaloo.net/ (Innaloo, Perth, Australia)

• http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/ (Melbourne, Australia)

• http://www.air.net.au/ (Canberra, Australia)

• http://www.e3.com.au/ (Perth, Australia)

• http://www.wireless.org.au/ (others)

New Zealand

• http://www.nzwireless.org/ (New Zealand)

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Seasonal / Event Based

Some people set up an ad hoc wireless network at BurningMan.

• http://www.playanet.org/

Commercial Projects

Wireless broadband ISPs are sprouting up. This one has been around since 1996, uses WaveLan (802.11 and 802.11b), and covers Seattle (including Queen Anne and Capitol Hill).

• http://www.queenanne.net/

Cambridge Matrix provides DYMO mesh networks on a flexible pay and free usage model.

• http://www.cambridgematrix.co.uk/

SurfAndSip is working on hooking up coffeehouses. Pay for usage model.

• http://www.surfandsip.com/

Many of the Starbucks Coffee (http://www.starbucks.com) locations have a pay for access service provided by T-Mobile Broadband.

• http://locations.tmobilebroadband.com/ for the locations.

• Main page http://www.tmobilebroadband.com/ for general information.

Miscellaneous Projects

artchalking.org is an art driven WLAN-infrastructure project in Munich, Germany

• http://www.artchalking.org/

GroundSpeak is a project in Seattle to combine wireless data with GPS to offer free location based services.

• http://www.groundspeak.com/

The "Low Cost Wireless Network How-To" focuses on Proxim Symphony equipment and reuse of "MMDS wireless cable" antennas, but has a number of useful tips, wireless link analysis CGIs and schematics. Covers technical details which are often overlooked.

• http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/wireless/

Internet Broadcasting Cookbook is a site designed for do-it-yourself webcasting, including lots of information about wireless networking technology.

• http://www.universitypark.org/webcam/

"Dave" is working on setting up a 2mbps wireless link. He's documenting his experiences here, and collecting links to other resources.

• http://www.d-a-v-e.com/mdlp/

Some folks from O'Reilly & Associates setting up a 21 mile link near Santa Rosa, CA.

• http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/05/03/longshot.html

Someone in France wrote about SeattleWireless for their CS338 project

• http://www.ac.aup.fr/~a34355/IT/index.html

Wireless Geographic Logging Engine. Database and mapping of millions of wifi points worldwide. windows, java, osx and web clients.

• http://WiGLE.net

Individual extended WiFi network in Iowa (lots of Mac, Linksys and homemade stuff) inspired by information from Seattle Wireless.

• http://www.kelmacnet.net

Wireless info portals

• http://www.airshare.org

• http://www.wireless-warrior.org (WiFi information resource for wlan admins and advanced wardrivers)

• http://freenetworks.org

• http://www.radius-server.net

• http://wirelessanarchy.com

• Backnet (not only wireless)

• http://blog.netpartoo.com (french wireless info portal)

• Video clips on wireless basics

• http://www.wimaxreview.com

There are also discussion forums and web-based bulletin boards

• WirelessSpecifcBoards

• http://www.wireless-forum.ch/forum/ (german wireless support forum)