Commotion Wireless

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]

For other uses, see Internet in a Box (disambiguation).
LicenseGNU GPL
Websitewww.commotionwireless.net

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. Higginbotham, Stacey (18 December 2012). "Detroit is the testing ground for a new open source wireless network technology". GigaOM.
  2. Parker, Tammy (19 December 2012). "First Detroit, then the world for Commotion mesh networking". Fierce Broadband Wireless. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. Ritchie S. King (July 2011). "Building a Subversive Grassroots Network". Spectrum. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  4. Goodman, Amy (5 March 2013). "Sharing the Internet: "Commotion Wireless" Technology Lets Communities Create Free Webs of Access". Democracy Now. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  5. James Glanz and John Markoff (12 June 2011). "U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. Associated Press (15 July 2011). "Iran says it can block 'Internet in a suitcase'". Yahoo News. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. "New America's Open Technology Institute Releases Commotion 1.0 Mesh Networking Toolkit | NewAmerica.org". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  8. "FAQ".


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