gluon-alt-esc-client ==================== The *gluon-alt-esc-client* package allows to create an additional wifi interface with an alternative default gateway. Accessibility ------------- The alternative default gateway is configured by its MAC address in the config mode. This host with its MAC needs to be a accessible directly within the mesh network (client zone). An easy way is to use the *gluon-alt-esc-provider* package and copy the MAC address it presents in the config mode and paste it into the client side configuration. However, the provider package is not mandatory - in fact any host in the mesh network can potentially be chosen as an alternative default gateway (as long as it allows routing, of course). Only Off-link subnets are rerouted to the alternative exit. On-link subnets are excluded. They are currently determined via *prefix4*, *prefix6*, *extra_prefixes4* and *extra_prefixes6* from the site.conf. Naming / ESSID -------------- The name (so called ESSID) for the newly created wifi interface can be freely chosen. However the author suggests to not use the word "Freifunk" in it (for quite a while the internet is not a free/libre network anymore). The following two hash tags are automatically appended: *Zone-ID*: It prevents potential roaming conflicts. (Technically, it is generated by taking the first four bytes of the hexadecimal form of an md5sum over ",,") *Site Code*: The communities site code is appended. To Freifunk enthusiasts it signalizes: - free and unaltered access to the Freifunk intranet of the local community - that this node contributes to the local Freifunk community as a mesh node