CUWiNCommunity Wireless2006-09-19T17:07:16-05:00CUWiN Noted In US Government Village Infrastructure in a Kit-Alpha (VIKA) Projecthttp://www.cuwin.net/node/3252010-01-25T12:39:12-06:002010-01-25T13:33:50-06:00blahWith the goal of this project to provide basic needs to groups for low cost, CUWiN was initially highlighted for its open source mesh solution that supports low cost consumer to high grade enterprise devices in unlicensed and licensed frequencies. The authors also say that CUWiN's "redundant system of routers sharing access, utilizing cheaply available licensed WiFi hardware" would be an ideal option suited for densely populated urban areas. The report goes on to recommend CUWiN in it's list of potential collaborators for the project.
From Sarah Mussoni, Program Administrator:
Last spring semester, the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)Global Innovation and Strategy Center (GISC) hired college interns from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Creighton University to conceptualize a Village Infrastructure in a Kit-Alpha (VIKA) for underserved populaces of 500-1,000 people. The premise behind a VIKA was that it would contain available and sustainable technologies for energy generation, water production and/or purification, and telecommunications, all of which can be linked to increased development and stability.
The authors deserve praise for dedicating research time toward Open Source technologies, recommending use of low cost licence free radios, and highlighting other innovative and Open Source projects like One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and NComputing. However, there was a large tilt toward WiMAX throughout the document leading readers to believe it is a more holistic solution than it currently is.
For more information please read the attached VIKA Executive Summary and VIKA Final Report.
]]>With the goal of this project to provide basic needs to groups for low cost, CUWiN was initially highlighted for its open source mesh solution that supports low cost consumer to high grade enterprise devices in unlicensed and licensed frequencies. The authors also say that CUWiN's "redundant system of routers sharing access, utilizing cheaply available licensed WiFi hardware" would be an ideal option suited for densely populated urban areas. The report goes on to recommend CUWiN in it's list of potential collaborators for the project.
From Sarah Mussoni, Program Administrator:
Last spring semester, the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)Global Innovation and Strategy Center (GISC) hired college interns from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Creighton University to conceptualize a Village Infrastructure in a Kit-Alpha (VIKA) for underserved populaces of 500-1,000 people. The premise behind a VIKA was that it would contain available and sustainable technologies for energy generation, water production and/or purification, and telecommunications, all of which can be linked to increased development and stability.
The authors deserve praise for dedicating research time toward Open Source technologies, recommending use of low cost licence free radios, and highlighting other innovative and Open Source projects like One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and NComputing. However, there was a large tilt toward WiMAX throughout the document leading readers to believe it is a more holistic solution than it currently is.
For more information please read the attached VIKA Executive Summary and VIKA Final Report.
]]>Hacking the La Fonera WiFi Router...http://www.cuwin.net/node/3242008-06-07T00:12:30-05:002008-09-22T10:00:18-05:00blahWith the recently past International Summit for Community Wireless Networks handing out free La Fonera WiFi routers to all summit atenndees, a few of us made it a top priority to disambiguate the many scattered online instructions on how to flash the La Fonera (FON) WiFi router with something more useful to community networks.
Whats the outcome or locking a few wireless hackers and geeks in a room for a couple days... a wiki document containing a guide for installing vanilla OpenWRT Kamikaze 7.09 for users of Linux, OS X, and Windows.
]]>With the recently past International Summit for Community Wireless Networks handing out free La Fonera WiFi routers to all summit atenndees, a few of us made it a top priority to disambiguate the many scattered online instructions on how to flash the La Fonera (FON) WiFi router with something more useful to community networks.
Whats the outcome or locking a few wireless hackers and geeks in a room for a couple days... a wiki document containing a guide for installing vanilla OpenWRT Kamikaze 7.09 for users of Linux, OS X, and Windows.
]]>Working on the Homer Project...http://www.cuwin.net/node/3232007-12-09T20:41:45-06:002007-12-09T20:52:56-06:00blahThis past weekend CUWiN'ers were out at Homer, IL setting up the primary gateway and a primary node on their old downtown water tower while it rained ice :)
Below are some quick pictures (requires flash):
This will be a continuing project to provide Homer residents a free/cheap alternative higher priced alternatives availble to them.
All of the equipment used was purchased from Metrix.
Contact Daniel Meredith if you have any questions about this project.
]]>This past weekend CUWiN'ers were out at Homer, IL setting up the primary gateway and a primary node on their old downtown water tower while it rained ice :)
Below are some quick pictures (requires flash):
This will be a continuing project to provide Homer residents a free/cheap alternative higher priced alternatives availble to them.
All of the equipment used was purchased from Metrix.
Contact Daniel Meredith if you have any questions about this project.
]]>Using CUWiN for Disaster Reliefhttp://www.cuwin.net/node/3222007-08-22T14:43:08-05:002007-08-22T14:47:41-05:00jkingNews about CUWINA homeland security expert named W. David Stephenson has started posting a series of short videos on using simple, everyday technology to facilitate communication and coordination during disasters. This one mentions using CUWiN livecds to create an instant wireless network, similar to what was actually done in New Orleans as part of a grassroots disaster response for Hurricane Katrina.
]]>A homeland security expert named W. David Stephenson has started posting a series of short videos on using simple, everyday technology to facilitate communication and coordination during disasters. This one mentions using CUWiN livecds to create an instant wireless network, similar to what was actually done in New Orleans as part of a grassroots disaster response for Hurricane Katrina.
]]>Metrix now offering a CUWiN Kit...http://www.cuwin.net/node/3212007-07-31T13:18:41-05:002007-08-01T09:59:53-05:00blahMetrix Communication LLC, a long time partner of the CUWiN project, is now offering the CUWiN Kit. This 'CUWiN in a box' solution provides users with everything they need to install an outdoor CUWiN node for an existing network or to create their own network.
The CUWiN Kit is a modified Metrix Mark II Kit designed specifically for CUWiN. It comes flashed with the CUWiN software, and is the recommended platform for extending a CUWiN mesh network.
Support is handled directly through CUWiN.net
Kit includes everything you need to connect, including a universal mounting kit for horizontal or vertical surfaces:
One Soekris net4826 motherboard
One 802.11 a/b/g CM9 Wireless Card
One extra mini-PCI slot to accommodate an additional mini-PCI radio
Weatherproof NEMA 4x enclosure with mounting hardware
Ethernet connection via a waterproof PG-9 cable gland
]]>Metrix Communication LLC, a long time partner of the CUWiN project, is now offering the CUWiN Kit. This 'CUWiN in a box' solution provides users with everything they need to install an outdoor CUWiN node for an existing network or to create their own network.
The CUWiN Kit is a modified Metrix Mark II Kit designed specifically for CUWiN. It comes flashed with the CUWiN software, and is the recommended platform for extending a CUWiN mesh network.
Support is handled directly through CUWiN.net
Kit includes everything you need to connect, including a universal mounting kit for horizontal or vertical surfaces:
One Soekris net4826 motherboard
One 802.11 a/b/g CM9 Wireless Card
One extra mini-PCI slot to accommodate an additional mini-PCI radio
Weatherproof NEMA 4x enclosure with mounting hardware
Ethernet connection via a waterproof PG-9 cable gland
]]>International Summit to Address Future of Broadbandhttp://www.cuwin.net/node/3192007-04-29T14:51:47-05:002007-04-29T15:03:56-05:00jkingNews about CUWIN-- Community Technology Leaders from Six Continents to Participate --
Champaign-Urbana, I.L., April 18 -- The CUWiN Foundation and the Center for Community Informatics (CCI) will host the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (http://WirelessSummit.org) from May 18-20, 2007 at Loyola College in Columbia, Maryland.
The summit is the largest gathering of wireless network developers, technology and policy experts, and community organizers working to build universal, low-cost broadband networks around the world. "We are proud to host an event that brings together technologists and activists committed to universal access to informatics," said Marco Figueiredo, CCI Director.
"The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks explores the opportunities and challenges facing the growing movement to build community and municipal broadband networks," said Sascha Meinrath, co-founder and Executive Director of CUWiN. "This event showcases cutting-edge technologies and develops political strategies to increase digital inclusion."
Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in 2004, over 300 Community Internet and municipal broadband projects have sprung up in the United States alone. The Summit will focus on how these networks can better serve their target populations, the policies needed to support broader deployment of community wireless systems, and the latest technological and
software innovations.
Presenters at previous summits have included FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Group, Annie Collins of Fiber for Our Future, Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America, Harold Feld of Media Access Project, Robert W. McChesney of Free Press, Matt Rantanen of Tribal Digital Village, Greg Richardson of Civitium LLC, Paul Smith of the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, Jim Snider of the New America Foundation, Dana Spiegel of NYCwireless, Esme Vos of Muniwireless.com and many other luminaries.
"High-speed broadband access is the electricity of the 21st century, yet many rural and poorer urban communities are being left off the grid," said Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, the DC-based policy think-tank. "The innovators and organizers at the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks are blazing the trail to make broadband affordable and available to everyone."
About CUWiN (http://www.cuwin.net)
The CUWiN Foundation is a world-renowned coalition of wireless developers and community volunteers committed to providing low-cost, do-it-yourself, community-controlled alternatives to contemporary broadband models. CUWiN is fiscally sponsored by Grassroots.org, a non-profit 501c3. CUWiN's mission is todevelop decentralized, community-owned networks that foster democratic cultures and local content. Through advocacy and through our commitment to open source technology, CUWiN supports organic networks that grow to meet the needs of their communities.
About CCI (http://cci.cs.loyola.edu)
The Center for Community Informatics engages Loyola College’s students, faculty and staff in supporting the creation and deployment of informatics tools for community empowerment. CCI develops the Community Telecenter Free Software Toolset; promotes awareness events for the Loyola College community; offer courses in Community Informatics; promotes Digital Inclusion Conferences; researches and develops human-friendly technologies to facilitate inclusion in the New Society of Knowledge; and, evaluates, documents and develops sustainable models for Universal Access to Informatics.
]]>-- Community Technology Leaders from Six Continents to Participate --
Champaign-Urbana, I.L., April 18 -- The CUWiN Foundation and the Center for Community Informatics (CCI) will host the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (http://WirelessSummit.org) from May 18-20, 2007 at Loyola College in Columbia, Maryland.
The summit is the largest gathering of wireless network developers, technology and policy experts, and community organizers working to build universal, low-cost broadband networks around the world. "We are proud to host an event that brings together technologists and activists committed to universal access to informatics," said Marco Figueiredo, CCI Director.
"The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks explores the opportunities and challenges facing the growing movement to build community and municipal broadband networks," said Sascha Meinrath, co-founder and Executive Director of CUWiN. "This event showcases cutting-edge technologies and develops political strategies to increase digital inclusion."
Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in 2004, over 300 Community Internet and municipal broadband projects have sprung up in the United States alone. The Summit will focus on how these networks can better serve their target populations, the policies needed to support broader deployment of community wireless systems, and the latest technological and
software innovations.
Presenters at previous summits have included FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Group, Annie Collins of Fiber for Our Future, Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America, Harold Feld of Media Access Project, Robert W. McChesney of Free Press, Matt Rantanen of Tribal Digital Village, Greg Richardson of Civitium LLC, Paul Smith of the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, Jim Snider of the New America Foundation, Dana Spiegel of NYCwireless, Esme Vos of Muniwireless.com and many other luminaries.
"High-speed broadband access is the electricity of the 21st century, yet many rural and poorer urban communities are being left off the grid," said Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, the DC-based policy think-tank. "The innovators and organizers at the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks are blazing the trail to make broadband affordable and available to everyone."
About CUWiN (http://www.cuwin.net)
The CUWiN Foundation is a world-renowned coalition of wireless developers and community volunteers committed to providing low-cost, do-it-yourself, community-controlled alternatives to contemporary broadband models. CUWiN is fiscally sponsored by Grassroots.org, a non-profit 501c3. CUWiN's mission is todevelop decentralized, community-owned networks that foster democratic cultures and local content. Through advocacy and through our commitment to open source technology, CUWiN supports organic networks that grow to meet the needs of their communities.
About CCI (http://cci.cs.loyola.edu)
The Center for Community Informatics engages Loyola College’s students, faculty and staff in supporting the creation and deployment of informatics tools for community empowerment. CCI develops the Community Telecenter Free Software Toolset; promotes awareness events for the Loyola College community; offer courses in Community Informatics; promotes Digital Inclusion Conferences; researches and develops human-friendly technologies to facilitate inclusion in the New Society of Knowledge; and, evaluates, documents and develops sustainable models for Universal Access to Informatics.
]]>CUWiN Announces Projects for Google Summer of Code 2007http://www.cuwin.net/node/3182007-03-12T09:40:36-05:002007-03-12T09:48:51-05:00rgmusselNews about CUWINWe are happy to announce that for a second straight year the CUWiN Foundation plans to take part in Google's Summer of Code. Last year we were able to support two successful projects. This year, we hope to mentor several more projects.
For a list of the projects that CUWiN is supporting for Summer of Code 2007, click here.
For more information about the projects or to suggest a project that would further develop our CUWiNware software, please send an email to David Young, our Chief Engineer.
]]>We are happy to announce that for a second straight year the CUWiN Foundation plans to take part in Google's Summer of Code. Last year we were able to support two successful projects. This year, we hope to mentor several more projects.
For a list of the projects that CUWiN is supporting for Summer of Code 2007, click here.
For more information about the projects or to suggest a project that would further develop our CUWiNware software, please send an email to David Young, our Chief Engineer.
]]>New CUWiN Brochureshttp://www.cuwin.net/node/3172007-03-12T09:38:09-05:002007-03-12T09:40:16-05:00rgmusselNews about CUWINCUWiN has recently finished its new brochure. Click here to download a copy today.
]]>CUWiN has recently finished its new brochure. Click here to download a copy today.
]]>CUWiN Vision Quest 2007http://www.cuwin.net/node/3122007-02-08T09:00:00-06:002007-03-07T23:10:24-06:00rgmusselNews about CUWINOn Tuesday, January 30, 2007, CUWiN staff gathered to take part in Vision Quest 2007. An off-site location was donated by the the Episcopal Foundation of the University of Illinois. We met in the late afternoon and began with Dutch coffee and double-chocolate brownies.
Spirits were high as the staff took stock of the organization's progress and where we want to be at the end of 2007. Important plans were made to get CUWiNware, our flagship software, to version 1.0. We also agreed on the future of Hack Night, which will take a decidedly technical turn beginning very, very soon (details to be released later today). We also established important goals for our new consulting services and development efforts.
Our day concluded with a fantastic meal at a local establishment. The energy created at Vision Quest bodes well for the future of the CUWiN Foundation, as we build on past successes to promote open, democratic networks and provide better mesh networking products.
]]>On Tuesday, January 30, 2007, CUWiN staff gathered to take part in Vision Quest 2007. An off-site location was donated by the the Episcopal Foundation of the University of Illinois. We met in the late afternoon and began with Dutch coffee and double-chocolate brownies.
Spirits were high as the staff took stock of the organization's progress and where we want to be at the end of 2007. Important plans were made to get CUWiNware, our flagship software, to version 1.0. We also agreed on the future of Hack Night, which will take a decidedly technical turn beginning very, very soon (details to be released later today). We also established important goals for our new consulting services and development efforts.
Our day concluded with a fantastic meal at a local establishment. The energy created at Vision Quest bodes well for the future of the CUWiN Foundation, as we build on past successes to promote open, democratic networks and provide better mesh networking products.
]]>VoIP on CUWiN Network in Rural Ghana:http://www.cuwin.net/node/2922006-11-04T22:02:00-06:002006-11-04T22:06:13-06:00saschaNews about CUWINFrom CUWiN's partners at Wireless Ghana just sent in this update on their use of VoIP services over a CUWiN network:
November 2006 - Wireless Ghana is pleased to announce that we have successfully implemented VoIP onto our flagship network in the Akwapim district of Ghana's Eastern Region.
The VoIP is available at three locations, and allows communications between two community centers in Akropong and one in Apirede, spanning a 6km distance. An application called SJPhone is running the frontend and doing IP to IP dials across our CuWIN-based WiFi mesh network. VoIP marks the first service Wireless Ghana has implemented to work solely on its LAN. The service is available at all times that electricity is available, even when our satellite Internet uplink is not.
As VoIP technology becomes more mainstream the teams at Wireless Ghana aim to deploy such services with greater scope.
]]>From CUWiN's partners at Wireless Ghana just sent in this update on their use of VoIP services over a CUWiN network:
November 2006 - Wireless Ghana is pleased to announce that we have successfully implemented VoIP onto our flagship network in the Akwapim district of Ghana's Eastern Region.
The VoIP is available at three locations, and allows communications between two community centers in Akropong and one in Apirede, spanning a 6km distance. An application called SJPhone is running the frontend and doing IP to IP dials across our CuWIN-based WiFi mesh network. VoIP marks the first service Wireless Ghana has implemented to work solely on its LAN. The service is available at all times that electricity is available, even when our satellite Internet uplink is not.
As VoIP technology becomes more mainstream the teams at Wireless Ghana aim to deploy such services with greater scope.
]]>Hack Night: NodeConfig or Busthttp://www.cuwin.net/hacknight/oct062006-10-24T16:25:00-05:002006-10-29T01:42:25-06:00jkingThis month, the CUWiN staff will give visitors a chance to get their hands on the code that makes the community network run. Specifically, this Hack Night will be devoted towards testing, debugging, and improving Nodeconfig, our work-in-progress easy-to-use interface to the CUWiN system. Participants will get to work on our indoor testbed, where we will demonstrate how to access and hack on a live network. NOTE: By all means bring your own laptop along to use, to supplement the computers we have available. Hack Night will begin at 6 pm in the UCIMC Building, a.k.a. the Urbana Post Office, on October 29, 2006. The UCIMC Building is at 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, Illinois.
Hack Night meets on the last Sunday of the month and is free to the public. It gives people in the community a chance to learn more about the CUWiN project, to get involved with hardware and software development, or just to meet people in the community who are interested in wireless technologies.
]]>This month, the CUWiN staff will give visitors a chance to get their hands on the code that makes the community network run. Specifically, this Hack Night will be devoted towards testing, debugging, and improving Nodeconfig, our work-in-progress easy-to-use interface to the CUWiN system. Participants will get to work on our indoor testbed, where we will demonstrate how to access and hack on a live network. NOTE: By all means bring your own laptop along to use, to supplement the computers we have available. Hack Night will begin at 6 pm in the UCIMC Building, a.k.a. the Urbana Post Office, on October 29, 2006. The UCIMC Building is at 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, Illinois.
Hack Night meets on the last Sunday of the month and is free to the public. It gives people in the community a chance to learn more about the CUWiN project, to get involved with hardware and software development, or just to meet people in the community who are interested in wireless technologies.
]]>CUWiN Staff in Dharamsala, India -- Blogging from the Ground at Air Jaldi.http://www.cuwin.net/node/2902006-10-24T10:29:00-05:002006-10-24T10:32:13-05:00saschaNews about CUWINCUWiN Team members Ross Musselman (Outreach Coordinator) and David Young (Chief Engineer) are on the ground in Dharamsala, India at the AirJaldi summit. Ross has been blogging at:
]]>CUWiN Team members Ross Musselman (Outreach Coordinator) and David Young (Chief Engineer) are on the ground in Dharamsala, India at the AirJaldi summit. Ross has been blogging at:
]]>CUWiN Completes Port to Meraki Minihttp://www.cuwin.net/pr/2006/meraki2006-10-23T06:07:00-05:002006-10-23T06:08:44-05:00rgmusselNews about CUWINCUWiN is pleased to announce that we have successfully ported our flagship software to the Meraki Mini. Documentation on the port can be found at http://cuwin.net/manual/howto/meraki.
Porting CUWiN software to the Meraki Mini makes using CUWiNware even cheaper by dropping the price point of nodes that can run CUWiNware from a few hundred dollars to around $50. The Meraki Mini is perfect for making apartment buildings and office spaces wireless, as the infrastructure costs are significantly cheaper than wired installations.
For more information about CUWiN, contact
Ross Musselman
ross@cuwin.net
Tel: +1 217 278-3933 x. 30, Fax: +1 217 278-7171
]]>CUWiN is pleased to announce that we have successfully ported our flagship software to the Meraki Mini. Documentation on the port can be found at http://cuwin.net/manual/howto/meraki.
Porting CUWiN software to the Meraki Mini makes using CUWiNware even cheaper by dropping the price point of nodes that can run CUWiNware from a few hundred dollars to around $50. The Meraki Mini is perfect for making apartment buildings and office spaces wireless, as the infrastructure costs are significantly cheaper than wired installations.
For more information about CUWiN, contact
Ross Musselman
ross@cuwin.net
Tel: +1 217 278-3933 x. 30, Fax: +1 217 278-7171
]]>Blogging from the Alternative Telecom Policy Forum in Ottawa, Canada.http://www.cuwin.net/node/2862006-10-20T10:31:00-05:002006-10-20T11:01:33-05:00saschaNews about CUWINLegislation and Community WirelessCUWiN Executive Director, Sascha Meinrath, is blogging from the Alternative Telecom Policy Forum in Ottawa Canada today and tomorrow. He gave a plenary session last night on Community and Municipal Wireless Networking and the COMMONS Project (to create a collaborative fiber peering network among participating networks) -- and hopes to have the slides from that presentation up on his blog momentarily.
]]>CUWiN Executive Director, Sascha Meinrath, is blogging from the Alternative Telecom Policy Forum in Ottawa Canada today and tomorrow. He gave a plenary session last night on Community and Municipal Wireless Networking and the COMMONS Project (to create a collaborative fiber peering network among participating networks) -- and hopes to have the slides from that presentation up on his blog momentarily.
CUWiN announces a new version of its flagship software, CUWiNware 0.7.0. CUWiNware enables neighbors and communities to create a mesh wireless network that can share Internet connections, establish local VoIP services, and utilize peer-to-peer connections to improve their broadband experience. CUWiNware 0.7.0 makes community networking easier to use than ever before. CUWiNware is free open source software, which makes it as much as 75% cheaper than its proprietary competitors.
CUWiNware version 0.7.0 makes great strides forward in usability and reliability. Dual radio support is the most visible addition to CUWiNware, allowing a single node to provide a public access point in addition to providing network infrastructure. Network traffic is handled more reliably. It also makes gateway configuration more robust. Logging synchronization simplifies network administration, in addition to a test version of a web-based configuration tool. CUWiNware 0.7.0 also supports more diverse hardware.
“The effect of version 0.7.0 will soon be felt in the local Champaign-Urbana community, as the City of Urbana converts their current nodes into dual-radio nodes, providing free wireless Internet hotspots in places like Crane Alley, the Market on the Square, and Lincoln Square Mall,” said CUWiN Outreach Coordinator Ross Musselman. “This release brings us another step closer to the kind of networks we envision: user owned and operated broadband networks.”
For the technical community, CUWiNware 0.7.0 marks a major step forward in community wireless networking:
Dual radio allows a single node to act both as backhaul for the network and as an access point for public use.
Improved routing fidelity and routing daemon reliability, implements a more robust DHCPselect feature for gateway auto-configuration.
Syncing of HSLS daemon logs with Zebra logs for better debugging.
Non-i386 architectures support, including nascent support for the Atheros AR5312.
NodeConfig, a web-based graphical user interface that allows the user to change the node's settings through a web browser. Version 0.7.0 contains a beta version of this feature, which can be accessed by typing the IP of the node into one's browser.
Release Notes:
CUWiNware Version 0.7.0 was released on September 19, 2006.
For more information, contact:
Ross Musselman, CUWiN Outreach Coordinator
Email: rgmussel@cuwireless.net
Tel: +1 217 278-3933 x.30
]]>September 19, 2006
CUWiN announces a new version of its flagship software, CUWiNware 0.7.0. CUWiNware enables neighbors and communities to create a mesh wireless network that can share Internet connections, establish local VoIP services, and utilize peer-to-peer connections to improve their broadband experience. CUWiNware 0.7.0 makes community networking easier to use than ever before. CUWiNware is free open source software, which makes it as much as 75% cheaper than its proprietary competitors.
CUWiNware version 0.7.0 makes great strides forward in usability and reliability. Dual radio support is the most visible addition to CUWiNware, allowing a single node to provide a public access point in addition to providing network infrastructure. Network traffic is handled more reliably. It also makes gateway configuration more robust. Logging synchronization simplifies network administration, in addition to a test version of a web-based configuration tool. CUWiNware 0.7.0 also supports more diverse hardware.
“The effect of version 0.7.0 will soon be felt in the local Champaign-Urbana community, as the City of Urbana converts their current nodes into dual-radio nodes, providing free wireless Internet hotspots in places like Crane Alley, the Market on the Square, and Lincoln Square Mall,” said CUWiN Outreach Coordinator Ross Musselman. “This release brings us another step closer to the kind of networks we envision: user owned and operated broadband networks.”
For the technical community, CUWiNware 0.7.0 marks a major step forward in community wireless networking:
Dual radio allows a single node to act both as backhaul for the network and as an access point for public use.
Improved routing fidelity and routing daemon reliability, implements a more robust DHCPselect feature for gateway auto-configuration.
Syncing of HSLS daemon logs with Zebra logs for better debugging.
Non-i386 architectures support, including nascent support for the Atheros AR5312.
NodeConfig, a web-based graphical user interface that allows the user to change the node's settings through a web browser. Version 0.7.0 contains a beta version of this feature, which can be accessed by typing the IP of the node into one's browser.
Release Notes:
CUWiNware Version 0.7.0 was released on September 19, 2006.
For more information, contact:
Ross Musselman, CUWiN Outreach Coordinator
Email: rgmussel@cuwireless.net
Tel: +1 217 278-3933 x.30
