WiFi Traffic Forwarding Client and Server

WiFi traffic is ubiquitous. Between video game consoles, portable computers, smart phones, and even some desktop computers, the vast majority of consumer electronics have WiFi capabilities. Occasionally, these devices will require direct, ad-hoc WiFi connections in such a way that communication over the Internet, or even a single hop, is impossible. In such cases the only options for increasing communication range are devices such as WiFi repeaters or upgrading device antennas. Depending on the device, this can be difficult or impossible to do. These limitations create a need for the ability to expand a WiFi network in a data-agnostic way that supports a longer range than repeaters or antenna upgrades allow. To satisfy these conditions, we created a set of programs that capture WiFi traffic and relay it to a remote location. The programs are designed to allow devices in remote locations to communicate with each other without the use of proxies, VPNs, or similar technologies that may require special device configurations. Because raw WiFi frames are captured and retransmitted, devices which require direct WiFi connections can have traffic rerouted to a remote location without any configuration requirements on the local device and the entire process is completely transparent to the devices that utilize it. We test several applications to prove viability of the system, and also offer some other potential applications and suggestions for future work

Beyond Electronics

Amundson traces the histories of electronic technologies, video, and electronic art, examining the shift from art about the technology itself to work that uses it as an expressive tool or addresses its social dimension. Lists exhibitions related to art and technology. Statements by 11 artists. Biographical notes. 14 bibl. ref

Mary Scott : Recent Work

Illustrating a shift in Scott's concerns, Tenhaaf discusses the artist's paintings in relation to the body and the subjective reading of the viewer. Biographical notes. 13 bibl. ref

Nameless, Named : Paintings and Works on Paper by Sheila Butler

Tenhaaf analyzes Butler's work from a feminist standpoint. Broaching issues in contemporary biology, psychoanalysis and the history of painting, the author demonstrates how the artist has developed a signifying figurative strategy. Biographical notes. 13 bibl. ref

Seeing Things : The Paintings of Gary Evans

Catalogue to accompany a touring exhibition of Evans’ paintings created between 1995-2000. N. Tenhaaf’s brief text offers a semiotic reading of the artist’s Field Work series of paintings. Reid’s curatorial essay draws attention to affinities between Evans’ work and that of Canadian landscape painters Emily Carr and David Milne. Reid also considers how the artist’s perceptual experience of the outside world relates to Romanticism. Includes a transcribed conversation between Evans and Klunder. Texts in French and English. List of works; bio-bibliography 2 p