[MVMA] AREDN Release Candidate Available

[Chuck Gelm NC8Q]

On 4/15/25 22:56, Orv Beach wrote:
> Nightly build 20250415 has been designated the release candidate for 
> the next production release.
>
> In it the AREDN® team is introducing Babel as a replacement for the 
> older OLSR routing technology.   It's been seen to improve network 
> stability and throughput.  In this release Babel and OLSR will run 
> side-by-side, with Babel routing used where available, and OLSR used 
> otherwise.  Already 25% of the nodes on the network are running a 
> Babel-enabled nightly build and we've seen and heard anecdotally of 
> significant improvements in network stability.
>
> Additionally this release adds PtP (point to point) and PtMP (point to 
> multipoint) RF modes to complement our existing AdHoc mode.  We’ve see 
> notable throughput and latency improvements when using these modes, 
> especially with 802.11ac devices. This  holds true even when mixing 
> radios from different manufacturers.
>
> Assuming no big issues arise (and it's been very calm the last couple 
> of months of nightly builds) we expect the production release to occur 
> early next month.
>
> We believe this is a great release candidate.  But we encourage you to 
> install it on your nodes where you can; we want to hear from you what 
> you think of it!
>
> The AREDN development team
>