Virtualized Locustworld

So the pundits said it couldn’t be done. I went to Locustworld website and had to go to their mirror site to download the iso disk. I used Build 25 dev 81 and was able to run it in VMware player. I had to use Linux 2.2.x to configure it and monkey around with network card setting and yes it ran. It didn’t run well but it ran. It was functional put could upload any files. I wanted to register it with WIANA but the network connection was stuck on 10.x.x.x I believe that was the VMware network. So in a pinch Locustworld could be setup to run in virtual world it would take some tweaking but it could run.

I have written on the benefits of virtualization of Locustworld. I would like to work with anyone who could take the basic setup and tweak it to the next level; however, the alternative would be to setup FreeBSD to the same thing. FreeBSD 8.0 has a built in mesh component but when you look at all the services that Locustworld has you wonder if you have the time and energy to build a similar product. Naw, but the mesh 8.0 is based on 802.11s and that great news. I know I won’t have the time to build this but if anyone is planning to fork FreeBSD in to an embedded mesh node, and then please give me a call. I would be happy to try it out and use it.