by J.M., Survival Blog:

Having an operational computer network running in a post-SHTF world may seem frivolous to some people. But if you have any plans to use computers, tablets, or cell phones as part of your post-disaster operations, it can provide the capability for those devices to communicate, share data and synchronize their activities. It can also provide some support for important things like WiFi security cameras and WiFi sensor monitoring.

In a previous article (parts 2, 3, 4, 5) on SurvivalBlog I discussed how to set up a mobile WiFi/Ethernet network running a local cloud server (NextCloud) in a box for use in disaster scenarios. Since then, I’ve discussed the article with a number of friends and acquaintances and they all said they like the idea but thought that setting up and managing a NextCloud server was way too complicated for someone who is not a techno-geek like me. They wanted to know if there was a way to do something similar that was less complicated but still provided some useful functionality beyond just letting systems communicate with each other. I took the challenge, did some research and came up with what I think is a fairly decent alternate simplified solution.