[zeromq-dev] How do we activate and connect to WiFi hotspots in edgenets?

Pieter Hintjens ph at imatix.com
Thu Jan 9 14:59:35 CET 2014


My idea was to make it like a game: by finding and peering with other
devices you gain points. It is very close to deliberate peering with
people you actually know. The two cases may overlap.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:13 PM, crocket <crockabiscuit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can manual assistance be effective in case of anonymous/pseudonomous
> broadcast used in async message apps?
>
> On Jan 9, 2014 3:05 PM, "Pieter Hintjens" <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:32 AM, crocket <crockabiscuit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Until there comes the edgenet mailing list, we can talk about it here.
>>
>> Sure.
>>
>> > By manual assistance, do you mean people turn on hotspots and connect to
>> > them manually on site?
>>
>> Ideally, from within applications, e.g. inviting someone into your
>> document would switch on a hotspot and display a PIN. Other people
>> could then "Search for invitations" (scan for matching SSIDs) and
>> enter the PIN to join.
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Is there any better manual method than I described above?
>> >
>> > On Jan 9, 2014 8:28 AM, "Pieter Hintjens" <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> (a) I think we need to start an edgenet mailing list, as this is both
>> >> such an interesting discussion, and yet so different from what people
>> >> are expecting here
>> >>
>> >> (b) wifidirect is a "not quite mesh" 1-to-1 link and in fact very
>> >> close to what I was thinking of with edgenet in the beginning. There's
>> >> not a lot of choice, if you don't have 802.11s mesh working in the
>> >> firmware, which few devices have.
>> >>
>> >> (c) you don't need root access to enable AP mode on most phones afaik.
>> >> Not Android, anyhow (the API isn't documented but you can dig it out.)
>> >>
>> >> (d) we tried, and failed (in a previous closed project) to create and
>> >> discover cells automatically. Best approach seems to be manual
>> >> assistance.
>> >>
>> >> -Pieter
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Arnaud Loonstra <arnaud at sphaero.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > On 01/08/2014 03:46 PM, Bruno D. Rodrigues wrote:
>> >> >> I don’t know too many details about FON, but we have an ISP in
>> >> >> Portugal
>> >> >> that provides FON over all their clients (if they accept) and as
>> >> >> soon
>> >> >> as
>> >> >> I connect to one FON hotstpot, the device automatically connects to
>> >> >> any
>> >> >> other. No idea if it’s just because it’s the same name, or if there
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> any other value that is forced to be the same, but somehow it is
>> >> >> possible.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Jan 8, 2014, at 12:03, crocket <crockabiscuit at gmail.com
>> >> >> <mailto:crockabiscuit at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> People may be able to devise an algorithm for automatically turning
>> >> >>> on
>> >> >>> hotspots in several smartphones among many.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> But, even with hotspots turned on, how do phones connect to each
>> >> >>> other
>> >> >>> if smartphones simply refuse to connect to randomly named hotspots?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Should we forcefully rename hotspots to a predetermined name(e.g.,
>> >> >>> "edgenet") and agree to connect to hotspots named "edgenet"?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >
>> >> > You could follow a roaming setup. Setup an hotspot with any name and
>> >> > make sure it is setup for roaming. Usually the authentication is done
>> >> > using radius. Which would be very easy to implement as radius is very
>> >> > simple protocol. Even just MAC authentication would suffice but you
>> >> > could go on into EAP/TTLS or PEAP setups.
>> >> >
>> >> > To setup an hotspot on a phone you'll probably need root access.
>> >> >
>> >> > WifiDirect would be better but I don't any devices that support it.
>> >> > It
>> >> > will probably be stopped by vendors ;) Just like PTT.
>> >> >
>> >> > Rg,
>> >> >
>> >> > Arnaud
>> >> >
>> >> > --
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>> >> > t: http://twitter.com/sphaero
>> >> > g: http://github.com/sphaero
>> >> > i: freenode: sphaero_z25
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