[web-team] FWD: open80211s presentation at SVLUG

[Mark Weisler]

On Monday 16 June 2008 20:07:48 Aniruddha Mulay wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone please update the website ?
>
> Also note that Javier plans to do a demo (using liveCDs) with active
> participation from the SVLUG audience. So he is requesting folks to come
> with their Linux laptops for the meeting.
>
> We need to send a note to that effect.
> Regards,
>
> (Ani)ruddha Mulay
> volunteer, SVLUG
> www.svlug.org
>
> Today morning, Javier Cardona wrote:
> > a. presentation title
>
>   open80211s, mesh networking in the Linux kernel.
>
> > b. abstract
>
>   IEEE Task Group S is currently defining a new 802.11 amendment to
>   provide mesh networking services at the MAC layer.
>   open80211s is an open-source implementation of this emerging standard,
>   and it's been in the kernel mainline since 2.6.26.  This talk will
>   provide an overview of the mesh networking protocol, implementation
>   details, capabilities, limitations and future improvements. The second
>   half of the presentation will include a hands on tutorial on how to use
>   the mesh on common laptops.
>
> > c. speaker bio
>
>   Javier Cardona is the CEO of cozybit Inc., an engineering consulting
>   firm in the field of wireless communications.  Javier co-founded the
>   company in 2004 to create a place where Linux engineers could fully
>   develop their technical abilities and have a life too.
>   Thanks to cozybit, a large number of electronic devices, from
>   children's laptops to digital pens, can talk to each other.  Prior to
>   that, Javier developed embedded software for over ten years, in France,
>   US, UK and Switzerland, for a wide range of applications, from
>   industrial safety to wireless networking. Javier holds a
>   Telecommunications Engineer degree from UPC, and a Master of Engineering
>   from Alari, Switzerland.
>
> > Things to bring:
>
>   We'll bring Live CDs with a kernel compiled with mesh support and the
>   right drivers.  People should bring laptops and network cards based on
>   the (Zydas) zd1211rw or the (Broadcom) b43 drivers.
>   We'll bring some zydas USB dongles to lend to the audience.  See these
>   links for supported devices:
>
>   http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/devices
>   http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/USB
>
>   In particular, this device is easy to find:
>
>  http://www.iogear.com/product/GWU523/
>
>  BTW, my name is misspelled on the svlug page (not Cordova, but
>   Cardona) and the link to cozybit is broken (should be
>  http://www.cozybit.com).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
>
>
>
>
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I'll update the site tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon (remembering Rick's 
reminders and tips) unless someone else does.

-- 
Mark Weisler      
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