THE NETWORK

The WaFreeNet consists of a number of publicly accessible Access Points, allowing clients to connect to them with 802.11a/b/g/n compliant wireless network equipment. Access to these 'hubs' is free, with the only cost to users being their own hardware and antennae, etc. Ideally, these Access Points are also connected together, allowing clients from one hub to utilise resources situated on a different hub in the network infrastructure.

WaFreeNet's size is very dynamic - access points come and go as people move house etc. It is the linking together (bridging or routing) of these hubs that will provide the greatest benefit for users of the WaFreeNet.

The infrastructure of the WaFreeNet is therefore comprised of Access Points and Clients. To give a brief overview of the !WAFreeNet as it stands, the following briefly describes each of the hubs recognised as members of WaFreenet. The information listed on this page should be enough for you to connect to an AP if you have a LOS (line of sight) to it. The excelent HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler is extremely useful for roughly determining LOS between two locations. For additional information please visit the website of the Access Point of interest.

WaFreeNet Access Point Information

Link status as at file timestamp. Click the below thumbnail to view a high resolution render. The source SVG file can be downloaded here. (Warning - 15MiB SVG file). Load the SVG file with Inkscape to edit.

Network Group 1

Name	Location	AP SSID(s)	Links
Dericote	Greenwood	N/A	Mystic
Duncraig	Duncraig	N/A	NHE
Frogstar	Heathridge	public_frogstar_wafreenet	Mystic, Mitchland
Mitchland	Craigie	Southernstar	Mystic, NHE,Frogstar, OpenVPN Links to kalwifi-shorty, BelmontAP, TicHill
Mystic	Beldon	mystic_wafreenet	Mitchland, Dericote, Frogstar, Spiked, OpenVPN to kalwifi-shorty
NHE	Hocking	N/A	Duncraig, Mitchland
Spiked	Landsdale	spiked-mystic-wafreenet	Mystic

Network Group 2

Linked to Group 1 via VPN over Internet

Name	Location	AP SSID(s)	Links
BelmontAP	Belmont		VPN link to Mitchland
TicHill	Red Hill		VPN link to Mitchland

Network Group 3 (Kalgoolie)

Linked to Group 1 via VPN over Internet

Name	Location	AP SSID(s)	Links
kalwifi	Kalgoorlie	kalwifi	node-kalwifi-shorty,kalwifi-darryl
kalwifi-shorty	Kalgoorlie		OpenVPN links to Mitchland and Mystic

Network Group 4

Currently unlinked with any other network groups.

Name	Location	AP SSID(s)	Links
ArmadaleAP	Armadale	ArmadaleAP	SGNet, Jandakot
SGNet	Seville Grove	SGNet	ArmadaleAP
Jandakot	Jandakot		ArmadaleAP, Willeton

Legacy Networks

This information is most likely out of date.

Name	Location	AP SSID(s)	Links
Atwell-AP	Atwell
BayNetworks FreeNet	Bayswater
BFreeNet	Ballajura
Bicton FreeNet	Bicton
BoBaP	Ballajura
BullcreekAP	Bullcreek
Canningnet	Cannington
CitrusNet	High Wycombe
City1	Perth City (AP peering only)
Duncraig.NET	Duncraig
Forrestfield.Net	Forrestfield
GreenNet	Greenwood
Gwelup.net	Gwelup
Hills Hub	Kalamunda Hills	HillsHub
Kardinet	Kardinya
Leschenault AP	Leschenault
ManningNet	Manning
MartinMast	Martin
Medina-net	Medina
MorleyAirNet	Morley
North-Freo	North Fremantle/Mosman Park
Osborne Park #1	Osborne Park
PenguinIsle	For boaters off Rockingham
PerthAP	Perth CBD (AP peering only)	5.8Ghz Peering Point Coming Soon in 2010
RVNet	Rivervale
SouthCentral AP	South Perth
ThornlieNet	Thornlie
VK6XRE	Lesmurdie
Wanneroo	Wanneroo Markets STOLEN GEAR	Wanneroo_Wafreenet
WirelessHill-East	Melville
WirelessHill-West	Melville
ZombieNet	Morley

Here's a VERY OLD 3D map of the backbone, back when HillsHub was in operation.

Please see the contact page for additions to, and modifications of this list. Please note: The webmasters will NOT add an AP unless requested by the AP admin. If you are connected to an AP that does not appear on this list, please contact your AP admin.