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The FreedomLab is the Free Network Foundation's development and test lab; it has a collection of networking equipment available for inter-op testing etc.
==Introduction==


== Status ==
FreedomLab is a collection of networking hardware, compute resources and software to support  research & development, testing, education and serve as a proving ground for the FreedomStack.


'''June 2012:''' hardware is collected but not configured for easy remote access and has not yet been put to use
We aren't developing anything new, but rather evaluating/testing/proving existing software and hardware components and then helping turn them into a turn key community networking solution.


== Location, Facilities, Access ==
==Status==


Everything is at a residential location in Austin, TX. Remote access will be made available on request.


== Services ==
 
==Services==


* Continuous integration testing
* Continuous integration testing

Latest revision as of 18:27, 7 July 2012

equipment photo
Misc Equipment, 2011

Introduction

FreedomLab is a collection of networking hardware, compute resources and software to support research & development, testing, education and serve as a proving ground for the FreedomStack.

We aren't developing anything new, but rather evaluating/testing/proving existing software and hardware components and then helping turn them into a turn key community networking solution.

Status

Services

  • Continuous integration testing
  • Firmware development and tuning
  • Shell access to fancy equipment for experimentation?

Software

  • Horst (as a spectrum analyzer capable of understanding OLSR mesh networks)
  • Wireshark
  • Scapy
  • Netdude
  • gpsd
  • nmap
  • Twinkle SIP client
  • Wavemon

Hardware Available

Routers:

  • Cisco 6509
  • Cisco 1841
  • Cisco 3540

Switches:

  • Cisco 2950
  • Cisco 2924

Access Points:

  • Ubiquity NS2
  • Mesh potato
  • Linksys repeater
  • Orinoco 802.11b
  • AirLink

Computers:

  • Optiplex 745 VM server (lxc/virtualbox)
    • VirtualBox host to run PfSense virtual machines so we can test out configurations, test compatibility with Cisco gear (OSPF/BGP)
    • VirtualBox host to run FreedomNode virtual machines (with a genode base, and Debian guests)
    • LXC host to run GIS and other computationally intensive work loads in support of FNF network operations
    • LXC host to run various software packages / experiments (very early stage FNF software application research projects)
    • The system has a USB bluetooth adapter. It also has multiple 802.11b/g USB wifi adapters.
  • ASUS EEEPC
    • running Lubuntu to perform coverage and performance testing as well as network diagnostics)

Accessories:

  • Serial to USB converter (for use with serial consoles on switches, soekris rigs, access points etc)
  • External (USB) wireless card capable of monitor mode, packet injection etc
  • GPS Receiver

More Resources

Free Network Infrastructure Projects (edit)
Box - Node - Tower - Tunnel - Link
Network Operations Center - Lab - VoIP - Stack - Overview