Commotion Wireless
| Commotion Wireless | |
|---|---|
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | www |
Commotion Wireless was 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][independent source needed] It was preliminarily deployed in Detroit in late 2012,[1][2] and launched generally in March 2013.[4] The project was called an "Internet in a Suitcase".[5][6]
Commotion 1.0, the first non-beta release, was launched on December 30, 2013.[7]
After an initial flurry of attention, the project did not prove sustainable. The code development profiles for the project have not been updated since 2016,[8] and the project's website has been offline since approximately September 2024. [9]
Commotion relied on several open source projects: OLSR, OpenWrt, OpenBTS, and Serval project.[10]
Supported hardware
[edit]- 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
- TL-WDR3600, Release 1.1
- TL-WDR4300, Release 1.1
Mikrotik:
- RB411AH, Release 1.1
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Higginbotham, Stacey (18 December 2012). "Detroit is the testing ground for a new open source wireless network technology". GigaOM. Archived from the original on December 30, 2012.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Ritchie S. King (July 2011). "Building a Subversive Grassroots Network". Spectrum. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Goodman, Amy (5 March 2013). "Sharing the Internet: "Commotion Wireless" Technology Lets Communities Create Free Webs of Access". Democracy Now. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ James Glanz and John Markoff (12 June 2011). "U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Associated Press (15 July 2011). "Iran says it can block 'Internet in a suitcase'". Yahoo News. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Open Technology Institute - Github - commotion-router, retrieved November 23, 2025
- ^ Wayback Machine - calendar of commotionwireless.net, retrieved November 23, 2025
- ^ "FAQ".
External links
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