WANForOfflineOER

Versatile Wireless Networks for Offline Sharing and Tracking of Open Educational Resources using Raspberry Pi and TPLink Routers

 * Overview - handouts and project description: http://open.umich.edu/connect/projects#wanoffline
 * Overview - Slide Presentations:


 * http://www.slideshare.net/ummedicalschool/2013-06-raspberry-pi-semi-connected-content-deliverycc-by
 * http://www.slideshare.net/kludewig/si-657-crowdsourcing-translation-and-semi


 * Overview - Blog Post: http://open.umich.edu/blog/2013/09/05/low-cost-technologies-for-distributing-oer/

Deployment Locations and Status

 * Deployment Locations and Status

Outstanding research questions

 * number of concurrent users? (by type of activity, such a streaming video versus downloading versus reading text)
 * range of signal? (esp. in cement walls/building)
 * power consumption (by type of storage - USB vs. external HDD vs. SD card)
 * duration of battery? (by type of battery)
 * ability for battery to charge and to be power source simultaneously
 * performance based on last restart

Raspberry Pi
Here is a collection of information related to our use and deployment of the Raspberry Pi.



High-Level Documentation for Partners and End Users: How to Access, Maintain, and Customize Device

 * Rasppi-CommonCustomizationMaintenanceRequests
 * Feature list for our configuration

Technical documentation for programmers wishing to duplicate/modify the configuration

 * Getting Started with "CanaKit Raspberry Pi Complete Starter Kit".
 * Configure as a hub/router for a Wifi network.
 * Install the Apache Web Server and MySQL server
 * a web-page alternative for "SSH"
 * implement file sharing support to allow Windows clients to "map" a drive
 * How to backup and restore the SDCard (which is where the Operating System resides)
 * How to sync content on Raspberry Pi with a Dropbox Server
 * Step by step instructions for configuring for July 2013 deployment to Ethiopia &amp; Kenya
 * adding "Search Content" functionality to Raspberry Pi
 * change the Network or Server Name(s)
 * provide a "Terminal Window" via a Web Browser
 * provide tool to manipulate Server content thru a Web Browser
 * provide a tool to monitor Raspberry Pi respurces
 * provide a tool to reveal user utilization statistics

LibraryBox
See LibraryBox page.