Portable Hotspot
Simon Waite
A long time ago, I was asked by a consultant friend of mine to have a think about being able to drop portable wireless internet repeaters. The brief was that first responders could drop a bunch of wireless mesh routers over the area so that computers could be used and contact base.
At the time the emergency department decided that it would be a luxury and unnecessary so I didn’t get to build a prototype.
However after numerous occasions of finding myself in a field, without internet access I thought to revive the project in a limited way.
At least I’d get always-on Wi-Fi in the car. Right?
Sub-projects/Steps:
- Step One: Gather the Equipment - Sep 03, 2012
- Step Two: Configure Router - Sep 03, 2012
- OpenWRT (failed) recipe - Sep 03, 2012
- Plan B: MK802 - Sep 07, 2012
- Plan 3.14159… (Raspberry Pi) - Sep 07, 2012
- Setting up automounting on the Raspberry Pi - Sep 27, 2012
- Huawei E355 USB MIFI Dongle - Sep 29, 2012
- So far… - Jun 30, 2013