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| The name sounds Japanese but you haven't to mistake: Netsukuku is an Italian Open Source networking tool, recently presented |
The name can sound like Japanese but Netsukuku actually is an Italian Open Source networking tool, presented |
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| Netsukuku is based on the idea to exploit the great potentiality of the wi-fi technology in a revolutionary way, making the PCs able to interconnect to each other and self manage a network comparable to the Internet. Netsukuku routing system builds an open, no-profit community where members immediately share (excess of) bandwidth and get anywhere free Internet connection. When the community will be large enough, the users will be able to surf in a network totally apart from the Internet. The application works in a very simple way: the users set up their own wi-fi antenna on an reachable place (i.e. window or roof), and, doing so, link themselves to the other Netsukuku users placed within their radio range. The number of interconnected PCs can grow endlessly and even when a user is out of the range of a Netsukuku wi-fi area, a "virtual tunnel" over his Internet connection links him. Netsukuku represents an ambitious Open Source initiative, that exploits the spread of wi-fi technology to enlarge availability of the ICTs. |
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. |
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| http://www.itu.int/wsis/goldenbook/search/display.asp?Quest=8868708&lang=en For more information and download: http://netsukuku.freaknet.org |
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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