Hi, we (Skullspace Winnipeg) had gotten a Project Bismark router but put it aside when it had issues a while ago (lost configuration IIRC). Now we're sorting out old gear we have around - do you want it mailed back, or we can reload the firmware and mail it to someone else who's interested in participating in the project, or we can check if any of our members want to participate in the project by using the router.
Thanks. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Stephen Woodrow <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello BISmark user, > > I'm pleased to announce that the BISmark team has just released a new > version of the BISmark router software (firmware), code-named 'Quirm'. > It has a bunch of new features to make network measurement and > experimentation better, while also smoothing down some of the rough > edges from our previous release. Keep on reading below to learn more > about the release and how you can start using it. > > We've also made some changes to our privacy statement that will take > effect on 1 May 2012. Keep reading for more on that too. > > I want to thank you for participating in Project BISmark. We've learned a > lot (and continue to learn!) about how to conduct user-friendly > measurements from real homes, thanks to your help and patience. Please > let us know how we can do better -- we're always listening at > [email protected]. > > --Steve Woodrow, on behalf of the BISmark Team > > New features > ------------ > > First off, we've made the router a bit easier to use. You can access the > router management interface by visiting myrouter.projectbismark.net from > inside your home network. From there, you can click through directly to > your router's data page on networkdashboard.org (no more manual entry of > MAC addresses!) or visit the improved router configuration app. > > We've also added a new BISmark Experiments panel to the the router > configuration application. This panel, accessed via the > "BISmark > Experiments" menu item, allows to you see the current set of > experiments installed on the router and participate in optional > experiments that we plan to make available soon. We will let you know > when new experiments are available. > > To make the BISmark router more like other home routers, we enabled the > reset and WiFi buttons. The reset button on the bottom of the router > will now restore the router to its original state if held for five > seconds -- handy if you accidentally misconfigure your router. The WiFi > button on the front of the router now toggles the WiFi radios in the > router on or off. > > Finally, we've made some under-the-hood changes that will allow us to > start measuring against the Measurement Lab [1] measurement platform. > This means that BISmark's measurements will start targeting a server > closer to you, which should result in more accurate throughput > measurements. The use of M-Lab has necessitated a small change in our > privacy statement -- more on that below. > > For the hackers and researchers in the crowd, we've also patched the > router with the web100 kernel patches. Find full list of new features > and changes, in all its nerdy glory, at > > https://github.com/projectbismark/bismark-openwrt-overlay/blob/master/BISMARK-CHANGELOG.markdown > > How to get the new BISmark firmware > ----------------------------------- > > Already have a BISmark router? You can install the upgrade yourself, or > we can do it for you if you give us permission. Full details are at > https://github.com/projectbismark/projectbismark/wiki/Upgrading-to-Quirm > > If you don't have a BISmark router, we may be able to send you a router > if you live in an 'interesting' area or have an 'interesting' ISP. We > are particularly interested in talking to Europeans, Australians, > Canadians, and folks in the U.S. who are located outside of the states > of California and Georgia and who do not have Comcast or AT&T as an ISP. > Sign up at http://goo.gl/bxBB0 > > Privacy Statement changes > ------------------------- > > As I mentioned above, we have made some changes to our Privacy > Statement. Beginning on 1 May 2012, the BISmark team may share active > measurement data collected by BISmark routers with other researchers and > Measurement Lab [1], and the public IP address of the collecting BISmark > router will be included in any active measurement data that is shared. > > These changes only affect data related to performance measurements of > your Internet service by the BISmark software on your BISmark router. > The BISmark router does not collect information from your network > traffic, and the BISmark team will never share your personal information > with others (not even other researchers). > > You can check out the full text of the current and new Privacy > Statements, the line-by-line changes, and the rationale for these > changes in more detail in our blog post about this change at > http://blog.projectbismark.net/project-bismark-privacy-statement-changes > > [1] http://measurementlab.net > _______________________________________________ > bismark-participants mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.noise.gatech.edu/listinfo/bismark-participants >
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