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OT: Re: [nycphp-talk] Fon Project

Donald J Organ IV dorgan at optonline.net
Tue Feb 20 14:46:13 EST 2007


Sounds interesting, I just used the firmware they provide, and installed 
it on my linksys wrt45g router.

Ajai Khattri wrote:
> Ive been a FON member (and node) for over several months now. They had a 
> special offer on the WiFi router for awhile (something like $15 for the 
> TINY router). It was totally plug-n-play - you can use it with zero setup.
>
> By default, it creates a private (WEP) network and a separate public 
> network. You can choose whether to offer free access to other FON members 
> (Linus mode: thereby giving you free acess on other members' nodes) or you 
> can run on "Bill" mode and make a few $).
>
> I actually found the coverage was better than with my Netgear wireless 
> bridge so I ripped out the Netgear completely.
>
>
>   



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