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Re:Internet in a Box by imranq on Sunday June 20, 2021 @06:59AM (#27568894)
I like the idea. It would be cool if multiple devices could create a mesh network where students and teachers could communicate with each other without a connection to the global internet
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Re:Internet in a Box by agnidh on Sunday June 20, 2021 @09:53AM (#27569963)
Most IIAB installations are single server, but some have indeed implemented a mesh network including long distance links using wifi extenders. Of course this is no longer a low cost project.
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Re:Internet in a Box by raidicy on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:10AM (#27568959)
This was my thought exactly. Excuse my naivety, but shouldn't a wifi-enabled pi be able to broadcast and automatically connect to others around it? And as long as they all have unique names shouldn't <piname>:port_number be possible for a simple web sever on them?
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Re:Internet in a Box by myself248 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:01AM (#27570047)
see also https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1540

there's thinking along this line, just needs some muscle behind the implementation

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Re:Internet in a Box by insaaniManav on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:10AM (#27568960)
It's evolving , just backwards (read:arparent)
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