Neighbornode
Encyclopedia
Neighbornode is a captive portal
on a residential Wi-Fi
hotspot containing a message board. It is designed to make neighbors who share an internet connection know each other better. The message board can only be accessed within range of the hotspot.
Individual Neighbornodes can be linked together to create a supernode, vaguely like Fidonet
.
It is implemented as an alternative firmware for the Linksys WRT54G.
The project was created by John Geraci of ITP, who also created Grafedia
.
Captive portal
The captive portal technique forces an HTTP client on a network to see a special web page before using the Internet normally. A captive portal turns a Web browser into an authentication device. This is done by intercepting all packets, regardless of address or port, until the user opens a browser...
on a residential Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
hotspot containing a message board. It is designed to make neighbors who share an internet connection know each other better. The message board can only be accessed within range of the hotspot.
Individual Neighbornodes can be linked together to create a supernode, vaguely like Fidonet
FidoNet
FidoNet is a worldwide computer network that is used for communication between bulletin board systems. It was most popular in the early to mid 1990s, prior to the introduction of easy and affordable access to the Internet...
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It is implemented as an alternative firmware for the Linksys WRT54G.
The project was created by John Geraci of ITP, who also created Grafedia
Grafedia
Grafedia was hyperlinked text, written by hand onto physical surfaces and linking to rich media content – images, video, sound files, and so forth. Grafedia can be written in letters or postcards, on the body as tattoos, or on the street. Grafedia written "on the street" is likely to be...
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