Wireless Thessaloniki
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Wireless Thessaloniki is an experimental wireless community network
growing in the air of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is one of the first wireless networks deployed in the city.
It was founded by Konstantinos Natsakis and Athanasios Kanaris on November, 2002. The primary goals of this project was twofold:
The linux floppy distribution formed, named Paladir, was named after the palantír
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's The Lord of the Rings
, as it provided insight to other wireless routers running Paladir.
The first wireless link, connecting two points with distance of 4.5 km, was achieved on March 1st, 2003, in 11 Mbit/s.
Since then, the wthess network counts more than 20 nodes sparged on rooftops of the city. It is connected with TWMN
and SWN
to provide connectivity with other community networks, and it is also connected through wired network with AWMN and other
wireless communities in Greece
.
Wireless community network
Wireless community networks or wireless community projects are the organizations that attempt to take a grassroots approach to providing a viable alternative to municipal wireless networks for consumers....
growing in the air of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is one of the first wireless networks deployed in the city.
It was founded by Konstantinos Natsakis and Athanasios Kanaris on November, 2002. The primary goals of this project was twofold:
- Development of a floppy linux distribution that would provide encryption better than WEPWired Equivalent PrivacyWired Equivalent Privacy is a weak security algorithm for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. Introduced as part of the original 802.11 standard ratified in September 1999, its intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network...
- Construction of low-cost antennas and routers based on old PCs, placed in water resist boxes in order to be placed on rooftops
The linux floppy distribution formed, named Paladir, was named after the palantír
Palantír
A palantír is a magical artifact from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy legendarium. A palantír A palantír (pl. palantíri) is a magical artifact from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy legendarium. A palantír A palantír (pl. palantíri) is a magical artifact from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy legendarium. A palantír...
i in J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
's The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
, as it provided insight to other wireless routers running Paladir.
The first wireless link, connecting two points with distance of 4.5 km, was achieved on March 1st, 2003, in 11 Mbit/s.
Since then, the wthess network counts more than 20 nodes sparged on rooftops of the city. It is connected with TWMN
TWMN
TWMN, short for Thessaloniki's Wireless Metropolitan Network, is a user community in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The purpose of the community is to promote the usage of wireless networking in the region of Thessaloniki and to create a city-wide wireless network that connects all parts of the...
and SWN
Swn
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to provide connectivity with other community networks, and it is also connected through wired network with AWMN and other
wireless communities in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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See also
- Athens Wireless Metropolitan NetworkAthens Wireless Metropolitan NetworkStarted in 2002 in Athens Greece, Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network is a grassroots wireless community, taking advantage of new, state of the art wireless technologies, to connect people and services. The network comprises 1120 backbone nodes and more than 2900 client computers connect to it...
- Heraklion Student Wireless NetworkHeraklion Student Wireless NetworkHeraklion Student Wireless Network is a city-wide, non-profit wireless community network in Heraklion, Crete. It is run and maintained by the users of the network, who at the beginning of the network's existence were exclusively members of the academic community of the University of Crete...
- Patras Wireless NetworkPatras Wireless NetworkPatras Wireless Network is, historically, the first city-wide, wireless community network in Greece. It is run and maintained by the users of the network...
- Thessaloniki Wireless Metropolitan NetworkTWMNTWMN, short for Thessaloniki's Wireless Metropolitan Network, is a user community in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The purpose of the community is to promote the usage of wireless networking in the region of Thessaloniki and to create a city-wide wireless network that connects all parts of the...
External links
- Wireless Thessaloniki Network website (mostly in Greek)