# Neighbornode

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**Neighbornode** is a [captive portal](/source/Captive_portal) on a residential [Wi-Fi](/source/Wi-Fi) [hotspot](/source/Hotspot_(Wi-Fi)), containing a [message board](/source/Message_board). It is designed to help neighbors who share an internet connection know each other better.[1]

The message board can only be accessed within range of the hotspot. Individual Neighbornodes can be linked together to create a [supernode](/source/Supernode_(networking)), vaguely like [Fidonet](/source/Fidonet). It is implemented as an [alternative firmware](/source/WRT54G#Third-party_firmware_projects) for the [Linksys WRT54G](/source/Linksys_WRT54G) router.

The project was created by John Geraci of [Interactive Telecommunications Program](/source/Interactive_Telecommunications_Program),[2][3] who also created [Grafedia](/source/Grafedia).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Neighbornode Explained"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090115000921/http://www.neighbornode.net/explanation.html). neighbornode.net. Archived from [the original](http://www.neighbornode.net/explanation.html) on 15 January 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Free Neighborhood Wi-Fi"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080521155638/http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/6bfd37116bb95010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html). [Popular Science](/source/Popular_Science). 4 August 2005. Archived from [the original](http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/6bfd37116bb95010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html) on 21 May 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Where Good Wi-Fi Makes Good Neighbors"](https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/technology/circuits/21spot.html). *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)*. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

## External links

- [John Geraci](http://www.subfuzz.com)

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