Date

Event

May 2001

• First mailing list is setup for WA. (Was later relocated)

Sept 2001

• www.e3.com.au is launched, and provides a weblog and online meeting venue for interested parties

Nov 2001

• First meeting of interested parties in Belmont location. Resulted in raising enough money in donations (organised by e3) to purchase the HillsHub Access Point

Dec 2001

• Hills Hub was 'created & in testing' and got it's first client being BigWilly tower in Belmont
• Interested parties gather at Kings Park and try to establish links with the 'in testing' Hills Hub . Quite a few successful connections were established with antennae ranging from commercial Conifers, modified ex-galaxy, and home-made cubic quads and milo tin antennae. These links were established over an ~25km distance. (not bad for an AP in testing eh)

Jan 2002

• Hills Hub (Kalamunda), becomes permanent and forms the first AP in AP group 1
• Additional clients connect to Hills Hub

Mar 2002

• BayNetworks (Bayswater), created and connected to AP group 1
• BFreeNet (Ballajura), created and connected to AP group 1

April 2002

• IP addressing and subnetting for WaFreeNet discussed and finalised at a public meeting.
• Kardinet (Kardinya) created
• Citrusnet (High Wycombe), created and connected to AP group 1

July 2002

• MorleyAirNet (Morley) joins AP Group 1

Aug 2002

• Menora net (Menora) joins AP group 1
• Forrestfield.net (Kalamunda) joins AP group 1
• Bicton FreeNet (Bicton) created
• e3 gets thoroughly slash-dotted due to some WaFreeNeters taking to the air for the first ever documented WarStorming . Listen to the ABC radio interview after this event.

Sept 2002

• CoastFreeNet joined to Hills Hub via point to point link between Hills Hub and DVNe. CoastFreeNet comprises of CTNet, DVNet, Wireless Gamers, Gwelup.Net
• SouthCentral (South Perth) joins AP group 1
• City 1 (Perth city) opens for connectivity of AP's only. Links to AP Group 1
• Kardinet (Kardinya) joins AP Group 1 with the assistance of City1
• MartinMast AP (Martin) is finally completed and does not interfere with other equipment on the mast (quite an undertaking).
• OSPF routing protocol implemented and utilised by AP's with multiple uplinks

Oct 2002

• MartinMast AP (Martin) linked into AP Group 1 via BayNetworks
• Duncraig net (Duncraig) goes online
• NorthNet (Craigie) goes online

Nov 2002

• DVNet relocates to new suburb, splitting CoastFreeNet and dropping CoastFreeNet from AP Group 1

Dec 2002

• Medina net (Medina) created and connected to AP Group 1 via a WAIX CIPE tunnel

Jan 2003

• Osborne Park #1 AP is erected as a community effort
• Gwelup Net rejoins AP group 1 via a WAIX CIPE tunnel

Feb 2003

• GreenNet (Greenwood) goes online and connects to AP group 1 via a WAIX VPN tunnel

May 2003

• BayNetworks (Bayswater), changes over to linux to run the AP (yay!). WaFreeNet community effort to install and configure. Well done guys.
• vk6xre (Lesmurdie) joins the WaFreeNet main mesh.
• Frottle and WiCCP testing gets serious on HillsHub. The best solution will be applied to prevent hidden node issues.
• Menora net is no more. Equipment required for other purposes.
• Testing of a home-grown QoS measure begins on Hills-Hub with excellent results in stopping hidden node issues.

June 2003

• Forrestfield.Net is no more. Equipment required for other purposes.
• The bridged pair of AP's WirelessHill-East and WirelessHill-West go online.
• WaFreeNet Conference mailing list setup (looking for justification to run a conference to inform the public)

July 2003

• Frottle proves more ueful to HH clients in eliminating hidden node problems and evenly distributing bandwidth, than WiCCP in the current state of each package. The decision to stick with Frottle and prepare it for public release made. (WiCCP will be revisited pending further development).

Aug 2003

• Frottle released to the public, as a free solution for hidden nodes problems inherent to 802.11b over 'affordable' hardware.

Dec 2003

• Belmont AP connected to HillsHub

Mar 2004

• BGP routing effective through most of the major Access Points

April 2004

• CanningNet links into the main mesh, also taking over peering for MartinMast

Jan 2005

• SGNet installed, initially with an uplink to MartinMast

Apr 2005

• ArmadaleAP installed, with an uplink to CanningNet

Oct 2005

• SouthArmadale installed, with an uplink to ArmadaleAP

Jul 2007

• WAFreeNet gathering held at Jandakot node (Jandakot airport), with lots of interested people turning up.

Sept 2007

• HillsHub Decommissioned. Property changed hands. This effectively left wafreenet in very bad shape. There were many pockets of networks but nothing connecting them together.

Mar 2009

• www.e3.com.au domain name put up for sale

May 2009

• Mystic AP moves from Padbury to a high point in Beldon. Mystic Establishes link to Dericote tower.
• "Mitchland" IP ranges re-organised to co-exist with wafreenet. Link established to Mystic

Jun 2009

• WannerooMarkets AP established. Links to Mitchland

Aug 2009

• Spiked AP (Landsdale) established. Links to Mystic

Sep 2009

• NHE AP (Hocking) established, Links to Mitchland

Oct 2009

• Wanneroo Markets Gear stolen. Boo Hiss.

Dec 2009

• Frogstar Linked back in, after an extended stay in Melbourne wireless, Links to Mystic

Feb 2010

• Tic Hill AP re-established. 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz APs, planned link to City.

Mar 2010

• PerthAP 5.8Ghz Peering point established in Perth CBD.