[Voyage-linux] How Voyage can change peoples lives

[Punky Tse]

I have added Testimontial page to include Mark's message in the wiki 
(http://wiki.voyage.hk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=testimonial).  I strong encourage everybody to sumbit 
their own use of voyage in this page.

Punky

Pablo Osuna wrote:
> Hi Mark!
> 
> My name is Pablo, and I think we have plenty of things in common!. I am
> part of EHAS, a spanish non-profit institution, whose ultimate goal is
> improving public (as in state run) health assistance services in rural
> areas of Latin American countries, as well as any other developing
> countries, through the use of modern communications and information
> technology.
> 
> Basically we are working with several wireless technologies (HF, VHF),
> and WiFi has been the last one to turn up for us.
> 
> For the moment we are running Soekris with pebble and Voyage, and also
> with Asterisk to provide VoIP. This has been our initial development,
> because now the next step is going to some challenguing things like: IP
> Autoconfiguration, Multi-hop routing wireless protocol, QoS in IP layer
> with maybe iproute2, power save schemes, etc. Besides we plan to migrate
> this system to ARM since we also run our routers with solar energy, and
> this is a very limiting factor because of the prices.
> 
> I also would like to thank the effort to Voyage, communities like this
> allow us to do the work much easier and are a big motivation.
> 
> Related to Web Interface, there is a very nice one based on PHP called
> WiFiAdmin http://wifiadmin.sourceforge.net/
> Also I think Metrix distro has cracked a lot on it
> http://metrix.net/support/dist/ so it is worth to have a look at it.
> I checked WifiAdmin and there were two important limitations: Security
> was not implemented and the changes did not remain saved after a reboot
> (it is using iwconfig ... instead of saving the configuration properly
> in /etc/network/interfaces). Let me know if you see something
> interesting, because I am also interested on it and it could be an
> important improvement for Voyage.
> 
> Well Mark, I will have a look at your Web Site and keep in touch,
> because I think we can collaborate in some way.
> 
> Regards from Madrid:
> 
> Pablo
> 
> El mar, 09-08-2005 a las 11:56 -0700, mark at kermit.org escribió:
> 
>>Hello everyone on the list;
>>
>>
>>I wanted to let you guys know what we (Inveneo http:// 
>>www.inveneo.org ) are doing with Voyage. We are a non-profit  
>>organization that builds communications networks for remote  
>>communities around the world that have no access to electricity and  
>>phone lines. Our systems run of batteries that are charged by solar  
>>and other types of generators. We establish WiFi links between the  
>>various sites and run VoIP (voice over IP) on these links. We use  
>>WRAP boards to establish the WiFi links which run a slightly modified  
>>Voyage distro on them and use Asterisk ( http://www.asterisk.org ) to  
>>provide the VoIP capabilities.
>>
>>We completed two month ago our first installation in a remote region  
>>of western Uganda (in the area of Fort Portal). Access to  
>>communication can have a profound impact for these communities and I  
>>want to thank all the people who have been working on this software  
>>which in return enables us to create these networks.
>>
>>If you're interested have a look at our web site ( http:// 
>>www.inveneo.org ), we have as well just today released our code base  
>>and detailed instructions how others can build these networks.
>>
>>If I could add one feature to the current distro, it would be a web  
>>based configuration interface. If anyone on the list has any pointers  
>>to start looking at, please me know and I'd be happy to pinch in with  
>>some coding - as much as it is in my abilities.
>>
>>
>>Thanks and take care,
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>--------------------------------------------
>>Mark Summer
>>co-founder, Inveneo
>>web:   http://www.inveneo.org
>>phone: +1-415-901-1969 x 1200
>>FWD:   603303
>>cell:  +1-415-867-9751
>>email: mark.summer (at) inveneo.org
>>
>>
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