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*[http://wireless.gumph.org/ Articles on building antenna's and other wireless networking issues]
*[http://wireless.gumph.org/ Articles on building antenna's and other wireless networking issues]
*[http://wire.less.dk/cantenna/ Video showing the step-by-step building of a cantenna] (antenna made from a can) for wireless networking (Wi-Fi, WLAN at 2.4 Ghz)
   
   
*[http://wndw.net/index.html Wireless Networking in the Developing World] (A practical guide to planning and building low-cost telecommunications infrastrucutre)
*[http://wndw.net/index.html '''Wireless Networking in the Developing World: 2nd Edition'''] (It is a free book about designing, implementing, and maintaining low-cost wireless networks. A new updated version is available)
   
   
*[http://www.wardrive.net/ Wireless LAN Security, Wardriving & Warchalking]
*[http://www.wardrive.net/ Wireless LAN Security, Wardriving & Warchalking]
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*[http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] offers maps and satellite images of the world
*[http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] offers maps and satellite images of the world


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*[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Main_Page One Laptop per Child (OLPC)] Wiki site sharing the experiences of the One Laptop Per Child project
 
*[http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za/wiki/index.php/DIY_Mesh_Guide '''Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network'''] A do-it-yourself guide to planning and building a Freifunk based mesh network. This is a step-by-step guide on converting a Linksys WRT54GL into a mesh node
 
*[http://www.rowetel.com/ucasterisk/index.html Free Telephony Project] Open Embedded Telephony. The project is about providing free reference designs for embedded telephony. Both the hardware and software are open.
 
*[http://translate.org.za/ translate.org.za] Open Source Software Translation Project
 
*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G WRT54G models and harware specifications] page
 
*[http://www.it46.se/downloads/voip4d/en_voip4d_it46_release_web.pdf VoIP-4D Primer] - Building Voice Infrastructure in Developing Regions


* [http://www.voip4d.org/wiki/Documentation VoIP resources] by Alberto Escudero Pascual (IT+46)


== Wireless Community Networks ==
== Wireless Community Networks ==
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* Meraka Institute: [http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za  Wireless Africa]
* Meraka Institute: [http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za  Wireless Africa]
*[http://start.freifunk.net/ Freifunk.net] and [http://wiki.freifunk.net/Hauptseite Freifunk wiki site]


*[http://www.wirelessghana.com/ Wireless Ghana] Internet Connectivity for West African Communities
*[http://www.wirelessghana.com/ Wireless Ghana] Internet Connectivity for West African Communities
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**[http://www.ctwug.za.net Cape Town Wireless User Group]
**[http://www.ctwug.za.net Cape Town Wireless User Group]
**[http://www.dwc.za.net Durban Wireless Community]
**[http://www.dwc.za.net Durban Wireless Community]
 
**[http://www.swug.za.net/ Scarborough Wireless Users Group]
**[http://www.muizenmaze.za.org/ Muizen MAZE] Community Internet Provision for Muizenberg


== ICT Policy ==
== ICT Policy ==

Latest revision as of 22:05, 23 June 2008

Resources

  • Radio Mobile Software tool used to predict the performance of radio systems and to do radio link predictions
  • Ubuntu Community developed, linux-based operating system
  • Freedom Toaster, is a project to overcome the difficulty in obtaining Linux and Open Source software
  • Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network A do-it-yourself guide to planning and building a Freifunk based mesh network. This is a step-by-step guide on converting a Linksys WRT54GL into a mesh node
  • Free Telephony Project Open Embedded Telephony. The project is about providing free reference designs for embedded telephony. Both the hardware and software are open.

Wireless Community Networks

ICT Policy

  • Link Centre Southern Africa's leading ICT policy, regulation and management hub