The Wi-Fi revolution in a P2P networking solution
The name can sound like Japanese but Netsukuku actually is an Italian Open Source networking tool, presented at the World Summit on the Information Society meeting, held in Geneva the last 18th of May. This software is among the 375 initiatives included inside the WSIS Golden Book that, according to the ITU, can give a valid contribution to bridge the digital divide(*). Netsukuku software is based on the very simple idea to enable PCs, through wi-fi or any other connection medium, to be linked each other and build by themselves an unique global mesh network, totally apart, complementary and even bigger than Internet, without the support of any Telecom Companies, ISPs or governance entities. The task to assign and resolve the domain names is equally distributed upon each PC, avoiding the use of any server, with a minimal requirement of memory and CPU resources. The users sharing their own spare bandwidth will provide free Internet connection for the whole community. Wi-fi technology represents the easiest way to join the Netsukuku network. The users setting up their own wi-fi antennas on a well exposed place (i.e. windows or roofs), link themselves to the other Netsukuku users, placed within their radio ranges. The number of interconnected PCs can grow endlessly and even if a PC is out of the range of other Netsukuku wi-fi signals, an Internet connection is sufficient to supply the missing "physical" link. (*) http://www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking/scripts/documents.asp?project=1143798547 For more information and download: http://netsukuku.freaknet.org