How can I get the Grid protocol implementations (DSDV and geographic forwarding)?
• Can I use the Grid software for my own networking project? Yes. All of our code is available as open source. • Can I use the Grid software to run my own community network? Yes. We currently run our software on an indoor 802.11 network with 22 nodes. Most route are 1, 2, or 3 hops. We also run our software on an outdoor rooftop network in Cambridge, near our lab. We don’t have an out-of-the-box set of software for that, but we are working on making it as simple to set up as possible. See our software page for more information about how to set up a network with our software. • What kind of radio hardware is needed to run the Grid software? Most 802.11 cards (PCMCIA, ISA, or PCI) should work. Mostly it’s a question of what devices your operating system supports. Some features of the Grid software might not work with all cards because they depend on modifications made to specific drivers. We use Cisco/Aironet 340 PCI cards on the indoor test-bed network, with the supplied 2 dBi rubber du
