THE NETWORK

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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 excellent HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler Beta 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

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This Node map is currently maintained by jabawok, and is updated approximately every 3 months or so. See the map filename to get the date it was last updated. 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.
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Network Group 1

Name

Location

AP SSID(s)

Links

ArmadaleAP

Armadale

ArmadaleAP

Niak, SGNet, Jandakot, Savage_henry

BelmontAP

Belmont

Belmont2, Gibbney, Roleystone, TicHill

Bungknee

Sinagra

None

Mystic

Canningvale

Canningvale

None

Roleystone

Commandernet

Warwick

None

Vipernet

Duncraig

Duncraig

N/A

NHE

Frogstar

Heathridge

public_frogstar_wafreenet

Mystic, Mitchland

Jandakot

Jandakot

ArmadaleAP, Willeton

Jayboy

Woodvale

Wanneroo

Kaelnorr

Clarkson

TicHill, vpn to Mystic

KodEBlaK

Doubleview

TicHill, Wanneroo, Vipernet

Mitchland

Craigie

Southernstar

Mystic, NHE,Frogstar, Swilknet , Wanneroo, vpn to AirStream-Ridgehaven

Mystic

Beldon

mystic_wafreenet

Bungknee, Mitchland, Dericote, Frogstar, NHE, Vipernet, Wanneroo, OpenVPN links to kalwifi-shorty, Kaelnorr, Genoa

Gibbney

Bayswater

wafreenet-gibbney

BelmontAP

NHE

Hocking

N/A

Duncraig, Mitchland, Mystic, Yak-SS

Niak

Southern River

N/A

ArmadaleAP, Roleystone

NightwolfNET

Balga

N/A

Northperth

Northperth

N/A

BelmontAP

Penguinhat

Aubin Grove

N/A

Roleystone

Roleystone

Roleystone

N/A

BelmontAP, Niak, Penguinhat

Sargus

Innaloo

N/A

KodEBlaK

Savage_henry

Harrisdale

ArmadaleAP

SGNet

Seville Grove

SGNet

ArmadaleAP

Swilknet

Hocking

WAFREENET_SWILKNET

Mystic

Silverfern

Perth

N/A

Roleystone

TicHill

Red Hill

BelmontAP, Kodeblak, Voltage, Kaelnorr

Vipernet

Warwick

vipernet_wafreenet

Commandernet, Mystic, KodEBlaK

Voltage

Dianella

N/A

TicHill, Roleystone

Wanneroo

Wanneroo Markets

Wanneroo_Wafreenet

Jayboy, KodEBlaK, Mitchland, Mystic, Wassa

Wassa

Padbury

Wargus

Wanneroo

Yak-SS

Beldon

N/A

NHE

Network Group 2

Linked to Group 1 via VPN over Internet

Name

Location

AP SSID(s)

Links

Kaelnorr

Clarkson

OpenVPN link to Mystic

Genoa

Kingsley

OpenVPN link to Mystic

Network Group 3 (Kalgoolie)

Linked to Group 1 via VPN over Internet
200910-kalgoolie-nodemap.jpg

Name

Location

AP SSID(s)

Links

kalwifi

Kalgoorlie

kalwifi

node-kalwifi-shorty,kalwifi-darryl

kalwifi-shorty

Kalgoorlie

OpenVPN link to Mystic

Network Group 4 (Air-Stream Wireless, Adelaide)

Linked to Group 1 via VPN over the Internet. Air-Stream Wireless internet web site.

Name

Location

Site

Links

Air-Stream-Ridgehaven

Ridgehaven, South Australia

http://ridgehaven.sifnt.net.au/

OpenVPN link to Mitchland

Legacy Networks

This information is most likely out of date.

Name

Location

AP SSID(s)

Links

Atwell-AP

Atwell

BayNetworks FreeNet

Bayswater

Belmont2

Belmont

BelmontAP

BFreeNet

Ballajura

Bicton FreeNet

Bicton

BoBaP

Ballajura

BullcreekAP

Bullcreek

Canningnet

Cannington

CitrusNet

High Wycombe

City1

Perth City (AP peering only)

Dericote

Greenwood

N/A

used to link to Vipernet

Duncraig.NET

Duncraig

Forrestfield.Net

Forrestfield

GreenNet

Greenwood

Gwelup.net

Gwelup

Hills Hub

Kalamunda Hills

HillsHub

Kardinet

Kardinya

Leschenault AP

Leschenault

Malaga

Malaga

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

5.8Ghz Peering point only - decommissioned Feb 2011

RVNet

Rivervale

Scope

Northperth

N/A

SouthCentral AP

South Perth

Spiked

Landsdale

spiked-mystic-wafreenet

ThornlieNet

Thornlie

VK6XRE

Lesmurdie

WirelessHill

Melville

fixme 2.4 AP?

ZombieNet

Morley

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


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