LinuxDevices interviews Jon Anderson about the MeshBox, a Mini-ITX-based hardware/software solution using Linux or a freely downloadable software system that you can run on your own hardware. Here’s a blurb from the beginning of the article:
Originally released as a bootable CDROM called “MeshAP,” MeshBox is now implemented as an under-32MB system image which can fit within a small CompactFlash card. But despite its small size, MeshBox extends the basic access point and mesh routing functionality of the original MeshAP. MeshBox now provides the capabilities of a set-top box Internet Appliance, wireless mesh router, connection to remote windows terminal servers (or other PCs), web browsing, mp3 audio and mpeg video streaming, connection to multiple peer-to-peer networks, instant messaging network chat, and file exchange.
We’re talking top shelf stuff here. A minimal Linux install with an impressive list of software (scroll down the article) and available as an out-of-the-box system. Jon’s website, Locustworld has a listing of lots of subprojects, and the article also has some general info on mesh networking.