And here is James's reply!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/17 James Vasile <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@hackervisions.org">james@hackervisions.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:14:52 +0000, Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson <<a href="mailto:bre@pagekite.net">bre@pagekite.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Assuming you can replace people's routers is wrong IMO. It implies a few<br>
> things:<br>
><br>
> 1. Your ISP will let you (not always the case)<br>
<br>
</div>Assuming you can put the thing in some sort of DMZ and use it as your<br>
gateway, it should still be able to work downstream from your ISP's<br>
router. Other configurations are possible with some skills and<br>
knowledge, but the base assumption is a user without those skills.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 2. Your primary Internet connection is some fixed line (not, say, a 3G<br>
> dongle)<br>
<br>
</div>The project as currently conceived has a specified hardware target.<br>
It's quite possible those hardware specs will change, but right now<br>
my assumptions as to harware are really just the assumptions of the<br>
people who originally specified the plug.<br>
<br>
If you want to configure your Freedom Plug with a 3G dongle, go ahead,<br>
but that's probably going to be an advanced configuration used by a tiny<br>
percentage of people. And if you're in that percentage and have the<br>
knowledge to make it work, my guess is you can twiddle the bits under<br>
the hood to make it right. At any rate, it's probably unrealistic to<br>
base major architectural decisions on the smallest number of users.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 3. Only one FreedomBox per household.<br>
<br>
</div>Freedom Plugs could be smart enough to DTRT when daisy-chained. In<br>
fact, putting two together might make the pair a viable mesh networking<br>
device. I guess we'd have to call that the Voltron configuration.<br>
<br>
<br>
At any rate, these are just my thoughts. I'm not speaking<br>
authoritatively on the project here. Sometime soon, a winnowing of<br>
ideas will occur and much code and design will be left on the floor.<br>
Until then, I'm enjoying watching visions and rationales multiply and<br>
crossbreed into short-lived mutant horrors.<br>
<br>
Around the office, we're doing a lot of work to get this project off the<br>
ground. We're building infrastructure, identifying financial resources,<br>
searching for the right leader, etc. Brainstorming the architecture is<br>
part of that work, and at some point when we have a tech lead, we hand<br>
the notes to that person and get out of the way.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888">James<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Bjarni R. Einarsson<br>The Beanstalks Project ehf.<br><br>Making personal web-pages fly: <a href="http://pagekite.net/" target="_blank">http://pagekite.net/</a><br>