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From: RAIBLE Sebastian <sebastian.raible(a)europarl.europa.eu>
Date: 2016-12-07 16:42 GMT+01:00
Subject: Radio Lockdown: Community WiFis unite!
To:
Dear all,
My name is Sebastian, I work as an assistant to MEP Julia Reda (Pirate
Party, Greens/EFA) in the European Parliament. I am reaching out to
you today on the topic of the Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU;
RED) that you might have heard of as “Radio Lockdown” because of a
provision obliging manufacturers of radio equipment (such as WiFi
routers) to check all software installable on their devices [1-3].
We think this is a danger to Community WiFi projects throughout
Europe, as they, among others, rely on midified (Free Software)
firmware installed on routers.
The good news is that the RED has not entered into force yet because
the Commission needs to define equipment classes first. This is at the
same time our best possible course of action: We think there should be
a separate class for equipment that you rely on in your projects.
In order to push for this, I would like you to join a working group
that has already been formed in the European Commission. Stakeholders
can join this working group. However, only European-level
organisations will be allowed to join.
That is why I am reaching out to you: I would like you to form a
European representation of Community WiFis to join the working group
and push for an exception for your projects.
As we know that setting up European representation on short notice is
not an easy task, I asked Kirsten Fiedler (in Cc) if it would be
possible for you to team up with EDRi. Even though permanent members
will have to apply and be accepted by the EDRi general assembly [4], a
temporary observership would be an option.
It would be great if you could talk to your projects, and also please
forward this email to everyone else you think should be in the loop!
I’m not sure who of you already know each other, so maybe you can send
a short introduction of who you are and what your project does.
In case you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me by
email, phone (I can call you back!), and if you’re there, let us meet
up on the upcoming Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg.
Kind regards,
Sebastian
[1] some background info if you’re not familiar with the issue yet:
why we think the provisions endanger open Wifi projects:
<https://juliareda.eu/2015/10/dear-european-governments-dont-endanger-free-a…>
[2] Free Software Foundation Europe posted this joint statement:
<https://fsfe.org/activities/radiodirective/statement.en.html>
[3] article on an FCC decision in the US that I think similarly
applies for the European regulation:
<https://netzpolitik.org/2016/fcc-keine-entwarnung-router-lockdown/>
(quick and sloppy translation to English on my blog:
<http://nerdpolitik.org/en/2016/08/fcc-tp-link-no-reason-to-relax/>)
[4] on the bottom of https://edri.org/about/
Sebastian Raible
Parliamentary Assistant to MEP Julia Reda
European Parliament
ASP 05F162, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047, Brussels, Belgium
Tel. +32 2 28 38732
sebastian.raible(a)europarl.europa.eu
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From: RAIBLE Sebastian <sebastian.raible(a)europarl.europa.eu>
Date: 2016-12-19 17:19 GMT+01:00
Subject: Re: Radio Lockdown: Community WiFis unite!
To:
Dear all,
thank you for all your replies. Let me quickly give you an update, that
should already answer some of the immediate questions. I will then
propose to form a European representation further down.
# Call for participation in expert group, deadline 15/January
The Commission has launched the public call for application to the
expert group
<http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=calls.calls_for_app>
(search for Radio).
The deadline for applications is 15/January. I reached out to EDRi, CCC,
FSFE, and FFN, as well as other stakeholder groups (such as
academics/research, ISPs).
I just spoke with Christian Heise (also from the board of FFN e.V. from
Germany, welcome to the list) and he will reach out to Kirsten in order
to clarify if and how an application to the experts group can still work
within the timeframe until 15/Jan.
I suggest FSFE and EDRi/you apply independently as I suppose they
represent sufficiently separate stakeholders groups.
The members of the expert group are appointed by a political board, so
the next point is kind of fyi, but please let me know if you think it
worth pursuing it:
Other than European organizations, "individuals appointed in a personal
capacity" or "individuals representing a common interest" can be
appointed to the expert group (see page 2 of the form attached, it is
the PDF version with some highlights of
<http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=news.open_doc&id=25…>).
I think chances to go this way are slim, and we may risk cannibalizing
the applications of the representations. But please let me know if you
disagree!
# How to get engaged - Community WiFis unite!
Here's what you can immediately do to get engaged:
* Blog or publish in any other form about your projects and how they
are affected by the firmware lockdown. (When you did, please send me
your links!)
* If EDRi/FSFE or others manage to be appointed to the expert group,
they will *need your input and support on documents and meetings to
prepare*!
* If someone has the capacity to set up *a mailing list* we can
replace this list with, I would appreciate that. (But please don't just
subscribe everyone without asking! :)
* I guess it would be great if as many as possible among you that
already have formed representations on their national level, join EDRi,
or anything else if there is another European representation that suits
your needs better.
* If you haven't already, and if you have the capacity, form national
representations, or help form an own European entity. Both take a long
time, now is a good time to get started!
As always, please let me know if you have questions, if you'd like to
set up a phone call, I can gladly call you – anything.
Best,
Sebastian
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Sebastian Raible, Parliamentary Assistant to MEP Julia Reda
ASP 05F162 - Tel. +32 2 28 38732
Hi,
I have 2 BULLET 2HP to join my Mesh.
I could install LiMe (chef cooked firmware) on my M2, but it missing
memory for being available on 2HP..
Anyone knows if I could try another qMp or OpenWRT? Could it be
compatible with LiMe mesh? Otherwise I could use them as mesh end AP...
Thanks
Fred
Hello,
I did a sysupgrade of my Ubiquity Nanostation M, becaus I changed
country/region/place and I would like to setup libremesh here from scratch.
I created a new profile and used my cooked img, but somethings goes
wrong: Now I've just a red static led when it powers on.
There's something I can try before starting with the failsafe process [1] ?
https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.failsafe
byez
--
ɐqɯ@s
Hello lime guys
As i explained on another email, each time I set up librenet6 access in
libremesh, I get this ip on anygw interface: 2a00:1508:a94:9400::1
The problem is when i flash and configure librenet6 in the second and
third routers, they get exactly the same ipv6 i stated before. This
means, if i plug one of those routers in another place to internet
access, there won't be any ipv6 because that ipv6 is already in use, as
it happened in a test i just did.
I appreciate any help on this issue, or maybe some exaplanations on how
to handle this IPV6 addressing. I know there are some improvements
awaiting to be done on the firmware.
--
Cordialmente
Leonardo Taborda Ángel
leonardotaborda(a)networkbogota.org
www.networkbogota.org
"When there is a will, there is a way"
Hi,
I am trying to use LiMe (chef cooked) on Bullet M2.
Succeed flashing, changing eth0 mode into dhcp client, other iinto dhcp
server.
Whith one node only:
Me <------wlan-----> Mesh (LiMe) BULLETM2 <--eth--> Internet router
10.109.160.104 ---10.109.0.1----192.168.1.32-------192.168.1.1
Connected to mesh, I have no route to Internet... Is there something
special to activate? Or time to wait... But I am waiting for long now...
Any idea of what's happening?
Cheers
On 04/10/16 14:59, Pablo Castellano wrote:
> El 31/08/16 a las 14:46, Gui Iribarren escribió:
>
>> we have long overdue setting up a new chef for libremesh, so with
>> your code now I'm planning to do it. will let you know
>
>> in particular, +1 to git, the mercurial repo is legacy from 2012
>
>> thanks again!
>
>
> Do you want me to transfer my repository to the libremesh account in
> Github? Tell me if I can help you somehow setting up the new
> version.
Definitely!
Since I haven't found the time, and have no perspective of having it in
the near future, and also would love to integrate you more in the team:
What about if we put up a fresh debian 8 virtual machine for you?
If it sounds good, send me your ssh pubkey and i'll set it up right away
cheers!
>
> Regards, Pablo. _______________________________________________
> lime-users mailing list lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org
> https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users
>
Hello lime friends
I am messing with a libremesh router, wdr3500 and wdr3600. On those
devices i flashed an image cooked on the chef, getting the same ip on
both devices: 10.148.0.1. I tried to change the ip on Simple Config /
Advanced, with no luck. If I try to modify the values on the IPV4 field,
they apparently are kept, but reviewing the interfaces the same ip
remains, so route -n in any client shows the same IP.
Then I downloaded a generic image from
http://downloads.libre-mesh.org/community_chaos/ where then I can set a
different IP following the same steps.
I want to know how's the procedure to change a nodes' ip, or get to know
if i am doing wrong the way i did. This is a problem for me because i am
setting the librenet6 tunnel, so both routers get the same anygw iov6
address.
Thanks!
--
Cordialmente
Leonardo Taborda Ángel
leonardotaborda(a)networkbogota.org
www.networkbogota.org
"When there is a will, there is a way"
Hello lime friends
There was not long time ago a similar question, on long distance router.
We are planning to setup a long distance link in Bogotá, given the
issues flashing tplink and specially ubiquiti devices nowadays, I'd like
to receive some recommendations on devices suitable for long distance
routers, more than 5 KM.
here is an example
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.co/MCO-428273592-nanobeam-m5-16-ubiquiti-a…
Thanks!
--
Cordialmente
Leonardo Taborda Ángel
leonardotaborda(a)networkbogota.org
www.networkbogota.org
"When there is a will, there is a way"
