DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION
How WaFreeNet has grown to what it is today.
This timeline lists some of the major events for WaFreeNet and our members. Access Points and client routers that form the network of WaFreeNet. Here is a VERY OLD 3D map of the WaFreeNet backbone, back when HillsHub was in operation.
So, you want to become a WaFreeNet user?
Please have a chat with the friendly people in the IRC channel. Details are listed in Contact
Have a look at the Network page and have a play with the truely excelent HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler to determine your chances of being able to link in.
Basic Information for Users
You're already a user and wondering how to do certain things?
The following pages contain some useful How-To's. All howtos and information provided on this page are linked to pages of WaFreeNet users.
Hardware
How to build a 2.4GHz Cubic Quad Antenna (Stygen)
How to build a 2.4GHz Biquad Antenna (mpot)
Modifying Confier Antennas for Wireless Networking (mpot)
Using Karlnet firmware to improve outdoor performance of Hermes chipset wireless cards (Radix)
Modifying a Wizard tiny PC into a wireless router (Stygen, ChrisK)
Software/Scripting
Security and Firewalls on a wireless connection (kindly provided by ChrisK)
Configuring a Linux Wireless Router (mpot)
How to setup wireless link monitoring with RRDtool (mpot)
User Pages Outlining Items of News or Opinion (WaFreeNet related)
Ettiquette: Capabilities of the WaFreeNet Backbone (CitrusNet)
WhiteBoard: For a list of quick links and current notes about services running on the freenet. (WaFreeNet users only)
How to connect to specific WaFreeNet Services
How to connect to the WaFreeNet IRC server
How to open and use a WaFreeNet Jabber account
How to connect to the WaFreeNet news server
How to connect to the WaFreeNet mailing list (mailing list and wafreenet.general newsgroup are mirrors)