pghwireless

Hello,

I'm a French PhD student in sociology. My research focuses on "innovations made by and for users". I have decided to particularly focus on "Wireless Community Networks" which are illustrative of a new type of approach more autonomous, alternative and civic.
For the last two years, I have been interviewing French members of "Wifi Community Networks"; I talked with them about their commitment and about the life of their project. Now, I carry on with my research and I propose you to answer to my questionnaire. This questionnaire will enable me to gather data on a wider population: members of European and North American "Wireless Communities".

Anyone with strong Wireless skills please contact me asap.
Chris Woods
TEKsystems
412.919.3907
cwoods@teksystems.com

I am looking for WiFi in Lawrenceville. If you can give me any tips/advice that would be great. Thanks!

Hello,

Can anyone connect to WifiPittsburgh with a Macbook? I am able to connect and get an IP address, but I cannot connect to anything. I can't even ping the gateway.

Thanks for your help-

I've been speaking with Jon from the Shadyside Inn, and he has done something that no other group in Pittsburgh has been able to do -- singlehandedly setup a WiFi network in Shadyside, which is also the first ever memorial wireless network. Most of the other implimentations that were attempted in the area have relied upon point-to-point links (Grok), expensive third-party hardware (Hobnob), community support (pghwireless), or a payment stream (Downtown WiFi).

More weirdness from Alaska, reported by boingboing. This time, someone was using a free wireless network provided by a library from his car, which got the laptop confiscated, and the man charged with theft of services. There's also a few links about other recent stories of misinformed authorities. Additionally, CNET has an article about WiFi Mooching and the Law, which does a good job of explaining about how the related (yet unrelated) laws work: Y

dorkbotpgh has been attracting a bit of attention in the local news recently (Trib, PopCity, Citypaper).

I just got a note via Chintu from Helium Networks about one of his new projects, Wireless Sensor Network Planet which is an on-line community for everyone who desires to learn, share (contribute) and grow their knowledge about the
wireless sensor networks.

I saw on bOINGbOING yesterday that
FON is giving away 10k wireless routers to Americans. FON is a Spanish company which seems to be using a similar technique to boingo or Sputnik, where users share their internet connections via wireless routers, provided by the company.

Pittsburgh is on the verge of a golden age as our economy makes the transition from industrialism to commercial technicracy. The city is a hub of research and new ideas and has the greatest potential for economic and cultural growth in the world!