[MVMA] [socal-hamnet-users] AREDN software status & more

[Chuck Gelm]

On 12/29/22 13:35, Orv W6BI wrote:
>
> *Nightly Builds*
>
> Given the recent significant changes to the AREDN codebase, it's not 
> surprising that there's been some follow-on cleanup.  A few PRs (Pull 
> Requests) have been incorporated into the codebase, resulting in 
> updated nightly builds.  If you're curious about what's been changed 
> recently, the AREDN Changelog 
> <http://downloads.arednmesh.org/snapshots/CHANGELOG.md> has all the 
> details.
>
> If you notice in the new SUPPORTED DEVICES file (on theNightly Builds 
> <https://www.arednmesh.org/content/nightly-builds> page) that your 
> node is marked 'untested', but you've successfully loaded a recent 
> nightly build on it, report it in the AREDN forums so the  file can be 
> updated accordingly.
>
> *"What's the hAP, man?*"
>
> Like me, your Internet feed is probably substantially faster than 100 
> Mbit/sec.  So having your shack network throttled by a hAP ac Lite to 
> 100 Mbit/sec is kind of annoying.  But there's good news!  Both the 
> hAP ac2 and ac3, which are supported in the latest nightly builds, 
> have gigabit Ethernet ports.  The ac2 and ac3 not only have faster 
> CPUs than the ac Lite, but they also both have 4 CPU cores, compared 
> to the single one of the ac Lite.   The ac3 has external antenna for 
> its radio, while the ac2 continues with internal ones.  The other 
> difference is the amount of RAM in each device.   While the hAP ac 
> Lite has 64 MB of RAM, the ac2 has 128 Megs, and the ac3 256.   That's 
> a substantial amount of future-proofing!
>
> If you need an excuse to get one, you can use your current hAP ac Lite 
> (you do have one, right?) to equip your go-box with AREDN networking!
>
> *IMPORTANT NOTE:*  for the moment in the nightly builds, the 2 GHz 
> radio in the ac2 & ac3 doesn't support channel -2, nor do the 2 or 5 
> GHz radios support 5 MHz bandwidths.  There's no ETA for implementing 
> those as of now.  Keep that in mind if you're contemplating purchasing 
> one.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73
>
> Orv W6BI
>
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