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Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network is a community radio network based in Athens, Greece. Its members are node owners, comprising the Athens metropolitan area network, which at the moment has roughly 750 active nodes, using 802.11b and 802.11a wireless technology for interconnection. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína; IPA ) is the capital of Greece, and of the Attica prefecture of Greece. ... Metropolitan Area Networks or MANs are large computer networks usually spanning a campus or a city. ... IEEE 802. ... IEEE 802. ...


Its aims include:

  • The development and use of community wireless network throughout the greater Athens area.
  • The development of wireless technology and its implementation.
  • Making the public aware of wireless networks and their use.
  • Educating it's members and the public on the use and benefits of wireless networks.

Wireless community networks or wireless community projects are the largely hobbyist-led development of interlinked computer networks using wireless LAN technologies, taking advantage of the recent development of cheap, standardised 802. ... Wireless is an old-fashioned term for a radio receiver, referring to its use as a wireless telegraph. ...

See also

HSWN logo Heraklion Student Wireless Network (abbreviated HSWN or ΑΦΔΗ from Ασύρματο Φοιτητικό Δίκτυο Ηρακλείου) is a city-wide, non-profit wireless community network in Heraklion, Crete. ...

External links

  • A.W.M.N. non profit wireless community site
  • Wireless Nodes Database (WiND) of A.W.M.N.
  • Services offered in A.W.M.N.

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Encyclopedia: Wireless community network (856 words)
Wireless community networks or wireless community projects are the largely hobbyist-led development of interlinked computer networks using wireless LAN technologies, taking advantage of the recent development of cheap, standardised 802.11b (Wi-Fi) devices to build growing clusters of linked, citywide networks.
The key to using standard wireless networking devices designed for short-range use for multi-kilometre linkups is the use of high-gain antennas.
Wireless community networks are the largely hobbyist-led development of interlinked computer networks using wireless LAN technologies, taking advantage of the recent development of cheap, standardised 802.11b (Wi-Fi) devices to build growing clusters of linked, citywide networks.
Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (168 words)
Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network is a community radio network based in Athens, Greece.
Its members are node owners, comprising the Athens metropolitan area network, which at the moment has roughly 750 active nodes, using 802.11b and 802.11a wireless technology for interconnection.
The development and use of community wireless network throughout the greater Athens area.
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