Broadband-Hamnet Issues New Release of Firmware for Linksys and Ubiquiti
Broadband-Hamnet (BBHN) has released version 3.1.0 firmware for the Linksys WRT54G and Ubiquiti families of products.

This firmware returns to the use of patch updates, while also supporting add-on tools such as HamChat created by VE3NKL and a tunneling solution optimized by K5DLQ. This firmware release continues support for emergency communications data networking in the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 900 MHz bands using Ubiquiti equipment and in the 2.4 GHz band using Linksys equipment. By creating solutions with Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) hardware and Broadband-Hamnet firmware, a high-speed IP network can be deployed in the time required to set it in place and power it on.

There have been many requests for tunneling capability to allow interaction between remote Broadband-Hamnet networks. While this has been done before, the resources and complexity were quite high. With the new VTUN capability this feature becomes feasible for all Broadband-Hamnet users.

The HamChat server is a real innovation that allows keyboard-to-keyboard chats between any connected users on the same mesh. By using your web browser instead of chat client software, the complexity is reduced and the speed to deploy is increased. The HamChat server is not installed but is a downloadable package option for the Broadband-Hamnet 3.1.0 firmware.

The organization hopes that hams interested in high-speed data networks will look at the new Broadband-Hamnet 3.1.0 firmware. For more information, click on the group's website: www.Broadband-Hamnet.org