Editing Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (section)

== Technology ==
AWMN makes extensive use of the [[IEEE]] [[802.11]] set of standards and operates on the 2.4 [[GHz]] (mainly for the Open APs) and 5.4 [[GHz]] (for the backbone links) license-free [[ISM band|ISM]] frequency bands. Over the last few years, AWMN has tested (and later used in production environments) equipment from a huge variety of vendors.

The routing protocol used by the network is [[BGP]]. Efforts have been made to move towards new, more adaptive, experimental protocols such as [[OLSR]] and [[B.A.T.M.A.N.]] Some members of the AWMN community have contributed feedback and code to many [[Linux]] routing projects.

Homemade equipment is encouraged. Many [[workshops]] have been held so that members can become familiar with constructing their own aerials and cables. Additionally, the community regularly organizes seminars to educate aspiring network administrators on wireless technologies, protocols, [[routing]] and [[Linux]], in the conditions of an operational large-scale network.

A wide variety of software is used in the network but AWMN services rely heavily on [[open-source software]], [[Linux]] (or other free [[Unix]] variants).