La Fundación Privada per a la Xarxa Oberta, Lliure i Neutral guifi.net forma parte de un consorcio Europea que ha sido escogido por la Comisión Europea para llevar a cabo un proyecto de investigación en el ámbito de las redes de telecomunicaciones de iniciativa ciudadana.

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Technical conferences outdoor.

This is the best definition of this computer meeting that is held for fourth consecutive year during July in the region of the Garrotxa.

Its duration is 3 days and during these we offer a range of activities and conferences related to security, systems administration, networking and programming, always in a familiar and a bit different circumstances from the rest of these type of conferences, outdoor.

APAMAR. CHARTS, METRICS AND POLITICS OF SPACE
24.03.2011 – 05.06.2011
Exhibition by: Mona Fawaz -Ahmad Gharbieh -Mona Harb / Sarah Nelson Wright / Torolab / Isaki Lacuesta - Isa Campo / Stalker - Primavera Romana / Guifi.net / Hackitectura / Iconoclasistas
Opening 24.03.2011 at 19.30h

There is coordination and help forum: http://guifi.net/en/forum/228

If you are interested in some document without translation, you can use an online translator or ask for help in the forum.

You can join guifi.net in three steps ...

1. Add a node
   
2. Add a router in your node
   
3. Make a link between your router and an access point near your node
   

We invite you at the coming graciasensefils firmware development workshop (24/7). From the 6th to the 12th of February at Infoespai [1].

We will work on the subjects:

• Firmware's architecture review (modularization?)
  • Core
  • Modules
• BMX routing protocol enhancements (anycast, BGP, IPv6)
• IPv6 implementation
• Administration WEB interface redisign and reimplementation
• and anything else

You are all invited!

PS: the schedule will be stabilshed on the way. At least we will be there in the afternoons and evenings (nights).

[1] http://infoespai.org/

on the way UPDATES:

Today at 22:00 the VoIp switchboards of Karme (Olot), Satelite (Sant Feliu de Guixols) and Crepuscle (Avinyonet de Puigventós) have got succesfully linked.

For the time being IAX Trunks have been set up and we have suceeded in making phone calls though the internal guifi network.

Thanks to everybody for the patience. Now it's time for a telephone directory to be created including the different extensions...

Cheers !!!

The next 'Wireless Battle of the Mesh' will take place from Wed 16th till Sun 20th of March in Sant Bartomeu del Grau (80km far from Barcelona), Catalunya. The event aims to bring together people from across Europe to test the performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc networks, like Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, and OLSR.

If you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community networking activist, or have an interest in mesh networks you have to check this out!

Informations about the event are gathered at:
http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV4

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       Announcing the Wireless Battle Mesh v4
  (16-20 March 2011, Sant Bartomeu del Grau, Catalunya)
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The next 'Wireless Battle of the Mesh' will take place from
Wed 16th till Sun 20th of March in Sant Bartomeu del Grau
(80km far from Barcelona), Catalunya. The event aims to
bring together people from across Europe to test the
performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc
networks, like Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, and OLSR.

If you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community
networking activist, or have an interest in mesh networks

Bones Festes i bon any 2011!   ¡Felices Fiestas y feliz año nueno 2011!
  Eguberri on eta 2011 urte zoriontsua!   Bo Nadal e feliz ano nueno 2011!
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011!   Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année 2011!
      

The Open Spectrum Alliance (guifi.net is co-founder of it), together with New America Foundation, Open Technology Initiative (OTI), Global Partners & Associates, Open Rights Group, Hispalinux, and EFF Finland filed a response to the EC's questionnaire on the open Internet and net neutrality.

In abril 9 of 2010, four membres of Guifi.net participated in a:

     RIPE NCC LIR Training Course  (download material)

 I  asked them if it was possible to record the training class, and... here we go:

 1st part: (direct download in .webm format)

Here is the presentation I gave at the Open plenary session at the International Summit for Community Networks 2.010. It was about empowering Wireless Communities to scale and being sustainable.

• Openoffice
• PDF
• Video

Wifi has been demonstrating during the past 25 years how usefull is the free spectrum in developing the information society.
Read the full press release at openspectrum.eu (angles)