Technology
AWMN makes extensive use of the IEEE 802.11x (a/b/g/n) set of standards and operates on the 2.4GHz (mainly for the Open APs) and 5.4GHz (for the backbone links) license-free ISM frequency bands. Over the last few years, AWMN has tested (and later used in production environments) equipment from a huge variety of vendors.
The routing protocol used by the network is BGP. Efforts have been made to move towards new, more adaptive, experimental protocols such as OLSR and B.A.T.M.A.N.. Some members of the AWMN community have contributed feedback and code to many Linux routing projects.
Homemade equipment is encouraged. Many workshops have been held so that members can become familiar with constructing their own aerials and cables. Additionally, the community regularly organizes seminars to educate aspiring network administrators on wireless technologies, protocols, routing and Linux, in the conditions of an operational large-scale network.
A wide variety of software is used in the network but AWMN services rely heavily on Open-source software, GNU/Linux (or other free Unix variants).
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