Apr
24
2007
Movimiento FON : Worldwide Wireless Community
Posted by: Cedric in Great Ideas, Internet World, Nomad Tools, On The Road, Travel
As advertising on Fon web pages says it :
- At home you're a "Wi-Fi King"
- Away you become a "Wi-Fi beggar"
(or sometime even a Wi-Fi thief)so, why not to
- Share some Wi-Fi at home
- and get free WiFi access wherever you find a FON Wi-Fi access point (+360'000 members worldwide)
That's the concept of Fon Movimiento but you can find more details on Fon pages or Wikipedia.
Hardware requirement :
One Fonera, an easy to configure and secured 802.11g wireless router, plus:
- 2 SSID: one private WPA encrypted for your own access to Internet and an open one for FON members who will authenticate themselves to your AP via the FON website.
- Setup how much bandwidth you want to share
- Share safely and keep your own private connection.
Benefits :
- Cheap wireless AP (with an "easy to get" voucher or invitation) : 20€ with shipping included.
- You're a Linus and get free access to others FON Wi-Fi access points
- You're a Bill and get 50% of the fees, currently $3.00, charged to Aliens (non FON members) for a day pass to connect through their route.
Risks :
- Your ISP may not like it, even if on their side they sell unsecured access point. So, it's up to you.. ask your ISP if you can share your connection.. or don't !
Installation :
- Sign On Fon.com and order your Fonera
- Once you have it, connect it to your Internet router
- From your computer connect to the open FON_AP wireless network
- Launch your browser, you're automatically transfered to fon.com pages.
- Log On, change settings of your Fonera (password, SSID, WPA Key, etc..)
- Restart the Fonera or wait 24 hours
- Connect to your newly created wireless private network (by default named "my place").
- That's it… the whole process took about 10 minutes.
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