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Where we start a newsletter |
Where we start a newsletter |
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=== August === |
=== August === |
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Building out our backbone |
Building out our backbone |
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=== September === |
=== September === |
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What’s happening down in the South Bay, and up in Marin |
What’s happening down in the South Bay, and up in Marin |
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=== October === |
=== October === |
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Pacificon Edition |
Pacificon Edition |
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=== November === |
=== November === |
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BAM has lots maps, and everyone likes maps |
BAM has lots maps, and everyone likes maps |
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=== December === |
=== December === |
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Looking back, looking forward, looking recursively |
Looking back, looking forward, looking recursively |
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== AREDN News == |
== AREDN News == |
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The AREDN team have had a busy year, and are finishing it off with one final sprint. To that end AREDN 3.22.12.0 has been released; the 4th release of the year! |
The AREDN team have had a busy year, and are finishing it off with one final sprint. To that end AREDN 3.22.12.0 has been released; the 4th release of the year! |
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| − | This update includes a number of UI changes, including the ability to easily search for mesh nodes and services (finally, it’s easy to find all those cameras!). For a full list of improvements see the official announcement |
+ | This update includes a number of UI changes, including the ability to easily search for mesh nodes and services (finally, it’s easy to find all those cameras!). For a full list of improvements see the official announcement https://www.arednmesh.org/content/aredn-322120-release |
=== Nightlies with AC radio support … careful now === |
=== Nightlies with AC radio support … careful now === |
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| − | But … that’s not quite all from AREDN in 2022. For the last couple of years the team has been working to add support for new hardware; specifically faster radios touting WiFi |
+ | But … that’s not quite all from AREDN in 2022. For the last couple of years the team has been working to add support for new hardware; specifically faster radios touting WiFi AC, also called WiFi 5. And with the release of the nightly build 2017 we are finally there! These new nightlies are based on the latest release of OpenWRT (the Linux distribution AREDN is built on). With this change comes a new kernel, updated utilities, and hundreds of bug and security fixes. Literally every piece of software AREDN is built on has been improved! |
| − | But ... and it’s a BIG BUT … with such a large update inevitably comes lots of potential issues. Every component of AREDN has been updated, so more than ever, please DO NOT install these nightlies on inaccessible radios or mission critical devices. While this software has been tested on >90% of the radios active on our networks, this testing can only do so much, and you should expect problems. You can track the current state of the software here |
+ | But ... and it’s a BIG BUT … with such a large update inevitably comes lots of potential issues. Every component of AREDN has been updated, so more than ever, please DO NOT install these nightlies on inaccessible radios or mission critical devices. While this software has been tested on >90% of the radios active on our networks, this testing can only do so much, and you should expect problems. You can track the current state of the software here http://downloads.arednmesh.org/snapshots/readme.md |
| − | The full announcement from the AREDN team is here |
+ | The full announcement from the AREDN team is here https://www.arednmesh.org/content/release-notes-aredn-nightly-build-2017-and-later |
Happy Holidays! |
Happy Holidays! |
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Latest revision as of 00:33, 29 December 2022
It’s the end of 2022, so this month I thought we’d just take a quick look back at the year via the medium of previous newsletters; and then add a few morsels of exciting AREDN news to help occupy you over the festive season.
What you missed
July
Where we start a newsletter
https://bamwiki.xojs.org/index.php/Monthly_Update_-_July_/_August_2022
August
Building out our backbone
https://bamwiki.xojs.org/index.php/Monthly_Update_-_August_/_September_2022
September
What’s happening down in the South Bay, and up in Marin
https://bamwiki.xojs.org/index.php/Monthly_Update_-_September_/_October_2022
October
Pacificon Edition
https://bamwiki.xojs.org/index.php/Monthly_Update_-_October_/_November_2022
November
BAM has lots maps, and everyone likes maps
https://bamwiki.xojs.org/index.php/Monthly_Update_-_November_/_December_2022
December
Looking back, looking forward, looking recursively
https://bamwiki.xojs.org/index.php/Monthly_Update_-_December_2022
AREDN News
Final Release of the year: 3.22.12.0
The AREDN team have had a busy year, and are finishing it off with one final sprint. To that end AREDN 3.22.12.0 has been released; the 4th release of the year!
This update includes a number of UI changes, including the ability to easily search for mesh nodes and services (finally, it’s easy to find all those cameras!). For a full list of improvements see the official announcement https://www.arednmesh.org/content/aredn-322120-release
Nightlies with AC radio support … careful now
But … that’s not quite all from AREDN in 2022. For the last couple of years the team has been working to add support for new hardware; specifically faster radios touting WiFi AC, also called WiFi 5. And with the release of the nightly build 2017 we are finally there! These new nightlies are based on the latest release of OpenWRT (the Linux distribution AREDN is built on). With this change comes a new kernel, updated utilities, and hundreds of bug and security fixes. Literally every piece of software AREDN is built on has been improved!
But ... and it’s a BIG BUT … with such a large update inevitably comes lots of potential issues. Every component of AREDN has been updated, so more than ever, please DO NOT install these nightlies on inaccessible radios or mission critical devices. While this software has been tested on >90% of the radios active on our networks, this testing can only do so much, and you should expect problems. You can track the current state of the software here http://downloads.arednmesh.org/snapshots/readme.md
The full announcement from the AREDN team is here https://www.arednmesh.org/content/release-notes-aredn-nightly-build-2017-and-later
Happy Holidays!
73,
Tim - KN6PLV - tim@sfwem.net