Title. Just imagine the possibilities of having your own “homemade internet”!

  • r00ty@kbin.life
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    3 months ago

    The problem with wifi is that things will go downhill quickly once you have too many stations online. Even if they’re not actively browsing, the normal amount of chatter that a network has will often just slow things right down. It would need to be split into smaller wifi networks linked somehow and that means someone needs to be in a central location that is easily traced.

    In theory I guess someone with a very fast connection could run a layer 2 VPN. Then you could all run a routing protocol over that network which is accessed over the internet.

    Lot’s of ways to do it really. Wifi alone is probably the worst though.

    • SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, I was thinking more of having a dedicated border device, and limiting the number of neighbors. You would also have to trust you neighbors to run software that self assembles a network, especially in a crowded area.