[PARC] AREDN Node

Fri Mar 8 13:11:29 EST 2024

I am about to place an order with ISP Supplies Canada for Mikrotik 
routers to be setup as AREDN nodes.  I currently have seven club members 
interested.  If you haven't done so already, please let me know by the 
end of the day (Friday) if you would like me to add you to the order.

For clarification; "y*ou do not require an AREDN Router Node to use 
Hamshack Hotline"* if that is your only goal.  The AREDN router allows 
you to access the KPG PBX as well as other ARDEN Nodes, but you can 
still setup Hamshack Hotline on a separate line on your phone if you 
like. The phones Randy supplied are capable of up to 4 lines.  Users 
from Hamshack Hotline can still connect to you through the KPG PBS and 
you can call out to Hamshack Hotline users.

73 Harmen VE3EMA

On 2024-03-06 6:47 p.m., VE3EMA- Harmen wrote:
> At last night's meeting, Clay and I did an AREDN node demo using VOIP 
> phones.  Due to the unusually long Club Business portion of the 
> meeting, the presentation and demo was very rushed and also for the 
> benefit of anyone who could not make it to the meeting, this email 
> will hopefully give a better explanation.
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> *AREDN* stands for *A*mateur *R*adio *E*mergency *D*igital *N*etwork.  
> The following definition comes from the official website; 
> https://www.arednmesh.org
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>   * An Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN™) is a high speed
>     data network built with Amateur Radio Operators and Emergency
>     Communications Infrastructure in mind.
>   * AREDN™ is self-configuring and self-healing. Where possible,
>     AREDN™ will establish connections with as many other AREDN™
>     compatible devices (nodes) as possible and form a redundant mesh
>     like network.
>   * AREDN™ nodes automatically finds the “most reliable” nodes
>     (greatest chance of success on packet delivery) to attempt
>     delivery of the packets sent across the network. One need not know
>     the exact path to get to the destination, only to know what the
>     destination is.
>   * AREDN™ uses commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware originally
>     intended to be used for unlicensed WIFI and re-purposes it to fits
>     the needs of Amateur Radio Operators.  By using such common gear
>     we are able to benefit from affordable pricing and easy
>     availability of reliable communications gear.
>   * By itself AREDN™ is only a networking technology - it provides the
>     basis to move traffic around. It can be thought of as similar to a
>     radio or a repeater, where the infrastructure is an AREDN™ node
>     and the content that flows across it is one that the local users
>     decide.
>   * Networks built on top of AREDN™ are IP based, very similar to but
>     not dependent upon, the Internet and operating under the rules for
>     Amateur Radio operators. Well-used publicly documented protocols
>     (IPv4) are utilized to provide the greatest flexibility to local
>     implementers of these high speed networks.
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> This is a good video of AREDN; https://youtu.be/fkl5Nbnz24Y
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> *PARC Demonstration*
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> At the meeting, Clay and I had two AREDN nodes (compatible wireless 
> router reconfigured with AREDN firmware) connected to each other.  We 
> also attached a VOIP (Voice Over IP) internet phones to each node that 
> where able to connect to each other over the AREDN network we created 
> in the classroom.  Clay's node was also connected to the internet and 
> to the Kawartha Packet Group Tunnel and PBX (Private Branch 
> Exchange).  A PBX is what is needed for VOIP phones to talk to each 
> other. HamShack Hotline is a PBX specifically for the Amateur Radio 
> Community.   The Tunnel allows you to see other AREDN Nodes around the 
> world through the internet using a web browser.
>
> This a link to a SuperNode Map that you can zoom in or out as well 
> click on the each node for detailed information; 
> https://arednmap.xojs.org/#8.84/44.2705/-78.8493
>
> Once we have an AREDN network established within Peterborough County, 
> the KPG PBX will provide VOIP service without the need for internet so 
> long as you are able to connect to the AREDN network via wireless
>
>
> *Fleming College and AREDN in Peterborough County*
>
> PARC along with KPG are working with a group of Fleming Students as a 
> "Fleming Applied Project" on linking all of PARC repeaters using  5.9 
> GHz wireless technologies similar to how VE3PBO and VE3BUY are now 
> linked.  This project also includes adding AREDN nodes at repeater 
> sites and creating a membership page for our website. This membership 
> page will allow PARC members to create a PARC membership profile, make 
> membership payments and check your membership status.  We are also 
> adding a "Make a Donation to PARC" option.
>
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> *Mikrotik RB952Ui-5ac2nD-TC hAP AC Lite*
>
> If you are interested in experimenting with AREDN, Clay and I have 
> been offered a "Club bulk" discount price from ISP Supplies Canada for 
> *Mikrotik RB952Ui-5ac2nD-TC hAP AC Lite 
> *routers**https://www.ispsupplies.ca/MikroTik-RouterBOARD-RB952Ui-5ac2nD-TC 
> *. *The price is $85 each which includes tax and shipping.  Clay and I 
> will also install the AREDN Firmware and set it up ready for you to 
> plug in your VOIP phone.  You will just need to plug it into you home 
> router for internet access.** If you haven't received a VOIP phone 
> yet, there are still used CISCO phones available that Randy purchased 
> and free to club members.*  Note: These routers do not have the range 
> to connect to the ARDEN RF network without external antennas. *That 
> would require a router mounted with some height depending on the 
> distance to the next node you are connecting to such as for example; 
> https://www.store.mikrotikcanada.ca/wireless-systems/201-lhg-xl-hp5-us-4752224003744.html?SubmitCurrency=1&id_currency=1&utm_campaign=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=20491464910&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxaCvBhBaEiwAvsLmWK-vJnP295w-aQqh-j99cBxi18kazko02OVG6aw6hgKbJFgskMYcNBoC_5wQAvD_BwE
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> Please let me know if you wish Clay or I to order you a *Mikrotik 
> RB952Ui-5ac2nD-TC hAP AC Lite *router*.*
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