Building a Wireless Community Network in the Netherlands

With the development of low cost hardware for wireless networking based on IEEE 802.11b, wireless networks are an emerging technology. Using these wireless techniques outdoors it is possible to build a community network not dependent on any provider. In the Netherlands such a network is being set up in and around Leiden. Using low cost network boards, home-built antennas and open source software the volunteers of the Wireless Leiden Foudation are able to lay-out an infrastructure for the inhabitants of Leiden at a very low cost. All kinds of applications (profit and non-profit) are using this entirely wireless network.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: USENIX
• Authors: Rudi van Drunen, Dirk-Willem van Gulik, Jasper Koolhaas, Huub Schuurmans, Marten Vijn
• Keywords: Low Cost, Operating System, USENIX 2003, Wireless, Wireless Network