[MVMA] Monthly AREDN Metrics

[Chuck Gelm NC8Q]

On 4/2/25 00:38, Orv Beach wrote:
>
> Here are some metrics on our AREDN network (real stuff - not an April 
> Fool's joke :-)  )
>
> 2856 nodes seen on supernode network.  Of them, 63 are supernodes
>
>
> Longest uptime - 810 days: VE7URC-oldPO-VE7BCE
>
> Oldest hardware:  M0XZL-L7, M0XZL-L1: WRT54Gs (running BroadbandHamnet 
> v3.0.  :-D
>
> Oldest AREDN software: - GM0RAY-2:  running 3.18.9.0 on anAirRouter HP.
>
>
> Nodes running current nightly builds (Babel-enabled nodes): 631
>
>
> That's (631/2856=) 22.1% - we're getting there.
>
> Nodes running the tiny build (meaning they can't run the Babel 
> protocol): 117
> That's (117/2856=) 4.1%
>
> Those are the models that will drop off the network at some undefined 
> point in the future:
>
>   * AirGrid M2 XM
>   * AirGrid M5 XM
>   * AirGrid M5 XW
>   * AirRouter
>   * AirRouter HP
>   * Bullet M2Ti
>   * Bullet M5
>   * Bullet M5Ti
>   * Bullet M2
>   * NanoBeam M2
>   * NanoBridge 2
>   * NanoBridge 5
>   * NanoStation Loco M2
>   * NanoStation Loco M5
>   * NanoStation Loco M9
>   * NanoStation M2 XM
>   * NanoStation M3 XM
>   * NanoStation M5 XM
>
> Note that while these devices are old and slow, the XW versions of 
> them have enough RAM to not have to run the tiny build.
>
> All the major changes planned for the next production release are in 
> the nightly builds.  We hope to release that production build in a 
> month or so but it would be helpful if more folks wrung out the 
> nightly build.  Although it seems stable with no known issues, we'd 
> like to get more eyes on it.
>
> While the AREDN team has a few metrics to compare the Babel routing 
> protocol performance to the OLSR performance, anecdotally we've heard 
> that if your network has a significant percentage of Babel-enabled 
> nodes, the performance and stability is noticeably improved.  What's 
> your experience been?
>
> 73
>
> Orv W6BI
>
> AREDN Project Manager
>


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