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Commotion Wireless

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Commotion Wireless
LicenseGNU GPL
Websitewww.commotionwireless.net

Commotion Wireless is an open-source wireless mesh network for electronic communication.[1][2] The project was developed by the Open Technology Institute, and development included a $2 million grant from the United States Department of State in 2011 for use as a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), concomitant with the Arab Spring.[3] It was preliminarily deployed in Detroit in late 2012,[1][2] and launched generally in March 2013.[4] The project has been called an "Internet in a Suitcase".[5][6]

Commotion 1.0, the first non-beta release, was launched on December 30, 2013.[7]

Commotion relies on several open source projects: OLSR, OpenWrt, OpenBTS, and Serval project.[8]

Supported hardware

Ubiquiti:

  • PicoStation M2, Release 1 & 1.1, DR2
  • Bullet M2/M5, Release 1 & 1.1, DR2
  • NanoStation M2/M5, Release 1 & 1.1, DR2
  • Rocket M2/M5, Release 1 & 1.1, DR2
  • UniFi AP, Release 1 & 1.1
  • UniFi Outdoor, Release 1 & 1.1

TP-Link:

  • TL-WDR3600, Release 1.1
  • TL-WDR4300, Release 1.1

Mikrotik:

  • RB411AH, Release 1.1

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Higginbotham, Stacey (18 December 2012). "Detroit is the testing ground for a new open source wireless network technology". GigaOM. http://gigaom.com/2012/12/18/detroit-is-the-testing-ground-for-a-new-open-source-wireless-network-technology/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Parker, Tammy (19 December 2012). "First Detroit, then the world for Commotion mesh networking". Fierce Broadband Wireless. http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/first-detroit-then-world-commotion-mesh-networking/2012-12-19. 
  3. ↑ Ritchie S. King (July 2011). "Building a Subversive Grassroots Network". Spectrum. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/building-a-subversive-grassroots-network. 
  4. ↑ Goodman, Amy (5 March 2013). "Sharing the Internet: "Commotion Wireless" Technology Lets Communities Create Free Webs of Access". Democracy Now. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/5/sharing_the_internet_new_commotion_wireless. 
  5. ↑ James Glanz and John Markoff (12 June 2011). "U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html?_r=1. 
  6. ↑ Associated Press (15 July 2011). "Iran says it can block 'Internet in a suitcase'". Yahoo News. https://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-block-internet-suitcase-180900065.html. 
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200713/http://www.newamerica.org/node/99668. 
  8. ↑ "FAQ". http://www.commotionwireless.net/about/faq. 

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