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AREDN at SCALE 20x


For the last few years, AREDN has had a booth on the expo floor at SCALE, the Southern California Linux Expo.  It's happening again at the 20th annual SCALE, March 9th through 12th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x), at the Pasadena Convention Center.  The Expo runs from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon, and the AREDN booth will be manned with knowledgeable AREDN users, including Tim KN6PLV, one of the principal AREDN developers. The booth dudes will be happy to chat about all things AREDN with you!

AREDN is derived from OpenWRT, which is a Linux "distribution". As you get into AREDN networking, it's helpful to know a bit more about Linux.  SCALE will be holding Linux training classes on both Saturday and Sunday.  After installing Linux on your computer of choice, a professional trainer from the Linux Foundation will guide you through the basics of Linux and system administration.

If you're interested, you can register for the training class when you register for SCALE itself.  Don't wait too long; the classes tend to fill up quickly.

Be sure to say hello to Orv W6BI and Tim KN6PLV.

Updated date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 16:45


Release notes for recent AREDN nightly builds

The AREDN devs continue to crank out changes to the AREDN code base.  Here's a summary of what's been happening in the recent nightly builds:

Devices added back into the nightly build after recent big OpenWrt update:

  • Mikrotik LDF 5
  • Ubiquiti AirRouter

Bug fixes

  • Fixed WAN VLAN detection on hAP
  • Fixed idle tunnel quality check
  • Fixed IBSS (Independent Basic Service Set) problem on 2.4GHz
  • Enabled  negative channels for 2.4 GHz 802.11ac devices
  • Fixed negative channels not beaconing.
  • Fixed PowerBridge M upgrade

Enhancements

  • Merged openwrt release 22.03.3
  • Added a maximum timeout for service checks
  • Made the default country HX (HAM)
  • Improved the quality of the scan output
  • Improved idle tunnel quality measurement
  • Provided better error feedback when upgrades fail
  • Tagged those devices which must be reinstalled.   (The NAND layout for a few Mikrotik devices has changed sufficiently that they cannot be easily upgraded and must be reinstalled from scratch.)

Over and above the neighbor status states of pending, active , etc., new states of "hidden" and "exposed" have been added.  

Because the nodes talk amongst themselves, your node knows...

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Updated date: Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 17:29


Release notes for AREDN nightly build 2017 and later

 

Nightly build 2017 is based on the latest OpenWRT release, version 22.03.2. (The current AREDN production release is based on OpenWRT 19.07 from January 2020). 

There are significant changes in this nightly build:

  • All devices have been moved to the ath79 device tree (no more ar71xx).

  • The ipq40xx device tree has been added.

  • Each device now has its own image file.

  • Some filenames have been changed.

 

As a result devices need to be tested carefully, at least initially.

 

The most current status on nightly builds can be found in the README file here:

http://downloads.arednmesh.org/snapshots/readme.md

 

While this release has been tested on more than 90% of device types active on AREDN networks, it could not be tested on everything and support for some devices is either untested or not readily available. If you need a nightly build that’s missing please let us know and we will add it if possible (but you will need to provide hardware for development and testing). 

 

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Updated date: Saturday, December 24, 2022 - 12:48


AREDN 3.22.12.0 Release

 
Since version 3.22.8.0 was released in August, over 50 nightly builds have been released. So the dev team decided that it was time for another production release. While many of them were small tweaks, some were significant. Here’s a summary:

UI (web page) updates.

Many updates were made to the UI (web pages) to increase usability and provide additional information. Some highlights:
 
  •     Added NTP update period to basic setup page - can now choose between daily and hourly updates    
  •     Now display host totals rather than OLSR totals     
  •     Added search capabilities to the Mesh Status page     
  •     Grouped Mesh RF info if WiFi is enabled     
  •     Both types of gateways on Status page now displayed    
  •     Added a warning when attempting to add extra packages to 32 MB nodes 
  •     Added help link to pages missing it.
  •     Changed support link to button
  •     Updated help file for new Advanced Config format
  •    Simplified Advanced Config display
  •     Added units to Setup and Advanced Config pages

Miscellaneous fixes and updates
 
  •     Optionally include static routes (and preserve them across upgrades)     
  •     Added support for extra network links to OLSR     
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Updated date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 13:26

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19.07 Release Status Update

The upcoming release of many new devices, bug fixes, and capabilities still has a few issues being worked out:

1) The OpenWRT release that AREDN is based on, recently published another release candidate rc2, and there is a rc3 in the pipeline. This means we are still days/weeks away to see the OpenWRT official release.
2) There are 2 identified issues so far on Rocket M5 XW and Nanostation M5 XW devices still being worked.
3) Many models do not yet have any know testing to confirm all is working.

How can you help?   Check the status here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IyDD_gPC4LLtZGERDQhS8Ix7EDiNjK12/view?usp=sharing

If you have a device that has not yet been tested, please down load the image and give a try here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pm466OqLPTARUuh_ux3xSoD2123H5EOw?usp=sharing

Joe AE6XE


Call for Code 2019 Global Winner Announced

Prometeo was announced the Call for Code 2019 Global Winner on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the award ceremony held in New York City. After intense judging from IBM, the David Clark Cause, the United Nations Human Rights Office, the American Red Cross, and other subject matter experts in the first round, the eminent judges ranked the five finalist teams and selected Prometeo as the winning solution.

Prometeo not only wins the 200,000 USD grand prize, but open source project support from The Linux Foundation, meetings with investors and mentors, and solution implementation support through IBM's Code and Response initiative. The team also won the People's Choice award on October 4, where thousands of voters chose Prometeo as their favorite solution.

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