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February 2011

Node Thomas revamp

Today we have revamped Node Thomas, one of the first nodes of Wireless Leiden, following the new 'IRIS' concept ('IRIS' stands for 'Independent Radio Interface System'). On this node we are also testing the new version of the software, including a "captive portal". Users no longer have to specifiy proxy settings in their browser to use the internet. We expect that in a couple of weeks the software will be ready for roll out to all nodes of the network.

New project 'heat map' started

College student student Dennis Wagenaar has started his 'Wireless Leiden heat map" project. The aim is to convert measurement data on network coverage in a map, similar to voor instance this example.

When the web application is available volunteers can enter their data that will be included in the map. Measurement data can be collected by applications like Netstumbler, Kismet and possibly an Android application.

The map will offer several features:

    Overview activities 2010

    The Wireless Leiden board has published an overview of activities during the past year. The overview is available in Dutch only: aktiviteiten-2010.