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AREDN Group in South Africa Responds to Fire Disaster
A group of amateur radio operators in South Africa known as the the Mossel Bay Mesh Network responded to a call for emergency communications assistance in the recent fire disaster in the Western Cape area.
After the fires began on 7 June, a call went out for amateur radio assistance on 8 June when cell phone, landline and Internet services were lost.Hams responding to the call include: ZS2I, ZS1Q, ZS1ZS, ZS1HB, ZR1AOC and ZS1I. These radio amateurs worked around the clock to assist their local communities. Johan Terblanche, ZS1I, an administrator of the AREDN Mossel Bay Mesh Network reports that disaster communication links remained active until normal telecommunication service was restored on June 11, while the local hams remain on high alert.
It has been reported that the widespread fire caused a number of fatalities, destroyed over 430 structures and displaced thousands of people. The disaster relief efforts are continuing.
The Mossel Bay Mesh Network has posted videos and still photographs of the fire on their web site.
Reported by Southgate Amateur Radio News and the...
Updated date: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 17:19
QST Magazine Article - AREDN A High-Speed Data Network
Andre Hansen, K6AH wrote an article, published in the June 2017 edition of QST, offering a thorough discussion of a high-speed multimedia network for public service applications..
We present the full article here, which was reprinted with permission from the June 2017 issue of QST, a publication of the ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio®
Updated date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 21:55
Announcing the Availability of Release Candidate #1 of Our Upcoming v3.17.1.0
AREDN encourages users to load (http://www.arednmesh.org/content/software click Release Candidates) and test version 3.17.1.0RC1 and report any issues to the Forum.
Release Notes 3.17.1.RC1
These notes accompany our 3.17.1.0 Release Candidate-1 and describe changes since our last major production release, v3.16.1.0.
New Device Support
Added support for additional Ubiquiti devices which are now flagged as “In testing”:
- AirGrid M5 (XW)
- NanoBeam M5-16 (XW)
- NanoBeam M5-19 (XW)
- NanoStation Loco M5 (XW)
- NanoStation M5 (XW) (in 3.16.1.0)
- Rocket M5 (XW)
- Rocket M5 (with GPS)
- PowerBeam M2-400
- PowerBeam M5-300
- PowerBeam M5-400
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Added support for newer TP-Link device revisions:
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CPE210 v1.1
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Security Fixes
- SCS-2017-001 – High Severity
- A remote Denial of Service flaw impacting ALL RELEASES of the AREDN/BBHN branded firmware since at least version 0.4.3. Immediate upgrade to 3.16.1.1 (or newer) is recommended to ensure stability of the mesh nodes....
Updated date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 21:57
CQ Magazine Article - Mesh Networking and AREDN
Don Rotolo, N2IRZ wrote an article, published in the January 2017 edition of CQ Magazine, updating readers on the world of mesh networking.
We present the full article here, which was reprinted with permission from the January 2017 issue of CQ magazine, copyright CQ Communications, Inc.
Updated date: Thursday, August 2, 2018 - 21:47
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Hamvention 2018 Initial Report
This brief note is just to let youknow that all of us in the AREDN booth had a great time meeting hundreds of people in Xenia, Ohio. I am still a bit tired after al the activity, dismantling the booth, packimg the gearand driving 10hours back to New Jersey. So please be patient and I will have a fuller recap of our activities there soon.
A very special thank you goes to the members of the Miami Valley Mesh Alliance, and Markand Karen Herson, who so ably told the story of why an AREDN mesh network is so effective and how to use u=it for a variety of practical purposes.
Excuse me while I start to get the truck unpacked,
Randy WU2S
Hamvention 2018 Mini Classes
Booth # 1001 in Building 1 at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio
This is the tentative schedule of mini classes we will conduct in Booth #1001 at the Dayton (Xenia) Ohio Hamvention. Each class is about 15 minutes long. Since there is limited space available, we will conduct additional sessions if the demand warrants them.
Please check our booth #1001 in Building 1 for schedule updates.
Friday, May 18
10:00 – VoIP – Getting started without a PBX
11:00 – Streaming video setup and use with Blue Iris
13:00 – AREDN firmware installer
14:00 - Network Planning
15:00 - VoIP Tips
16:00 – AREDN Overview
Saturday, May 19
10:00 - AREDN firmware installer
11:00 - Video Tips
12:00 - VoIP – Getting started without a PBX
14:00 - FORUM PRESENTATION - AREDN – Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network – AT THE CENTER OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Forum Room 2
15:30 - AREDN Overview
16:15 - VoIP Tips...
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