MIT Roofnet and the South End Technology Center have been testing their software at Tent City. Tent city consists of 220 residential units spread across many four story buildings and a 12-story high-rise located in the South End of Boston. The current Tent City Network only covers a fraction of the apartments that can see the roof mounted APs, but by adding Roofnet nodes, they can improve coverage and cover much more of the complex. 43 nodes were deployed in the April 2nd test, and within the wireless network, transfers were generally fast.
Roofnet used to require a PC running Linux (available as LiveCD) or Linux-based embedded device (like the Metrix Kit), but it is now working on mass-produced linux-based APs such as the Netgear WGT634U
Rob is ordering one right now.
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