Rural communities suffer from a lack of infrastructure for inexpensive high-speed access to the Internet. One approach to providing high-speed access in these environments is to share a small number of more expensive high-speed connections across the community. A wireless mesh network can provide a low-cost backbone to enable this sharing. Existing solutions to building community mesh networks use proprietary technology or typically require rooftop or other outdoor antenna deployment. We examine the feasibility of constructing a community mesh network in a rural neighborhood at Dartmouth College using off-the-shelf hardware and software components and without using an outdoor antenna. We identify several challenges to construction of such networks including network density, hardware limitations, and US electrical code. In this paper, we outline some of the key challenges we faced during our deployment and suggest solutions.

The MCC CAD Framework Methodology Management System (MMS) is used to describe and control distributed engineering activities in terms of design methodologies.The MMS provides a medium for tool and task description which includes extensible dependency semantics as well as access to data managemen~ communication,and general computation services.The MMS architecture is resistant to network and host failures and provides mechanisms for efficient use of networked computing resources.

The MCC CAD framework methodology management system (MMS) is used to describe and control distributed engineering activities in terms of a unified design methodology. Methodologies describe the interactions among design tools and design team members necessary to manage the concurrent design activities associated with design-in-the-large (DITL). A distributed process control server (PCS) provides general process control, load balancing, and interprocess communication (IPC) services to effectively support methodology management activities using networked computing resources.>