Commotion Wireless Explained

License:	GNU GPL

Commotion Wireless is 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] It was preliminarily deployed in Detroit in late 2012, and launched generally in March 2013.^[4] The project has been called an "Internet in a Suitcase".^{[5] [6]}

Commotion 1.0, the first non-beta release, was launched on December 30, 2013.^[7]

Commotion relies on several open source projects: OLSR, OpenWrt, OpenBTS, and Serval project.^[8]

Supported hardware

Ubiquiti

• 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

TP-Link

• TL-WDR3600, Release 1.1
• TL-WDR4300, Release 1.1

Mikrotik:

• RB411AH, Release 1.1

See also

• List of router and firewall distributions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Detroit is the testing ground for a new open source wireless network technology . Higginbotham . Stacey . 18 December 2012 . .
2. Web site: First Detroit, then the world for Commotion mesh networking . Parker . Tammy . 19 December 2012 . Fierce Broadband Wireless . 7 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130314120046/http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/first-detroit-then-world-commotion-mesh-networking/2012-12-19 . 14 March 2013 . dead.
3. Web site: Building a Subversive Grassroots Network . Ritchie S. King . July 2011 . Spectrum . . 7 March 2013.
4. Web site: Sharing the Internet: "Commotion Wireless" Technology Lets Communities Create Free Webs of Access . Goodman . Amy . 5 March 2013 . . 7 March 2013.
5. Web site: U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors . James Glanz and John Markoff . 12 June 2011 . . 23 April 2013.
6. Web site: Iran says it can block 'Internet in a suitcase' . . 15 July 2011 . . 23 April 2013.
7. Web site: New America's Open Technology Institute Releases Commotion 1.0 Mesh Networking Toolkit | NewAmerica.org . 2014-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200713/http://www.newamerica.org/node/99668 . 2014-01-02 .
8. Web site: FAQ.