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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Submitted by sascha on Thu, 2005-09-08 09:03. :: News about CUWIN | Community Wireless Elsewhere

Columbus, OH Team to leave Saturday or Sunday (September 10th or 11th) for Rayville, LA. If you would like to join this team, please contact: Doug Roberts - dnroberts@gmail.com.

Community Wireless Response Team: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS.

If you can donate the following equipment, please e-mail cu-wireless-response@cuwireless.net immediately. Equipment can be shipped to:

    Community Wireless Response Team
    ATTN: Paul Smith
    107 McManus Rd
    Rayville, LA 71269

Equipment Needed
70 VoIP phones
25 laptops/PCs (good enough to run Firefox)
20 8 port switches
10 Metrix nodes
15 RJ-45 couplers
20 power strips

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Katrina: Community Wireless Rapid Response

Submitted by sascha on Mon, 2005-09-05 12:29. :: News about CUWIN | Community Wireless Elsewhere

Blog site moved to www.cuwireless.net/katrina

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release-0.5.8

Submitted by sascha on Sat, 2005-08-20 08:09. :: News about CUWIN

CUWiN Release: 0.5.8 (CUWiN)


Release Notes


This CUWiN release is version 0.5.8, issued on August 20, 2005.

The binary system images and source packages in this release are not configured for a real-world network. As such, the root password is set to "changeme" by default.


Binary system images

CD-ROM

Soekris Net 4526 Flash

SanDisk 64MB CompactFlash

SanDisk 128MB CompactFlash

Updater

Source packages

CUWiN package

  • Download (tarred and bzipped package, 437K)

External software package

  • Download (tarred and bzipped package, 3.8M)

NetBSD package

  • Download (tarred and bzipped package, 116M)

Supported Chipsets

  • Aironet/Cisco
    • Driver name: an
    • Note: Many firmware versions cause IBSS splits.
  • Atheros
    • Driver name: ath
  • ADMtek ADM8211
    • Driver name: atw
  • AMD PCnetMobile
    • Driver name: awi
    • Note: This is a FHSS card in some incarnations, a 1-2Mbps DSSS card in others.
  • Intersil Prism II/2.5
    • Driver name: wi
  • Lucent/Agere/Orinoco
    • Driver name: wi
    • Note: Many firmware versions cause IBSS splits.

More Information

For more information, please visit our downloads page.

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CUWiN Map Updates

Submitted by sascha on Mon, 2005-08-01 10:45. :: News about CUWIN

With the recent opening of the Google Map API, CUWiN has been experimenting with new mapping options. The CUWiN Network Map (link also available from the front page of www.cuwireless.net) is a first pass at integrating geocoded node location data. Look for upgrades in the near future.

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