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October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning SymposiumProvinciaWiFi: a 1000
hotspot free, public, opensource Wi-Fi network
ProvinciaWiFi: a 1000 hotspot free, public, open
source Wi-Fi network
The history, choices and technology of a success case
Maurizio Goretti(°) ([email protected])Davide Guerri(°) ([email protected])
Francesco Loriga(#) ([email protected])
(°) CASPUR - Rome, Italy(#) Province of Rome - Rome, Italy
The history, choices and technology of a success case
Maurizio Goretti(°) ([email protected])Davide Guerri(°) ([email protected])
Francesco Loriga(#) ([email protected])
(°) CASPUR - Rome, Italy(#) Province of Rome - Rome, Italy
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
The ProvinciaWiFi projectProvinciaWiFi started in the summer of 2008 with two main goals
reduce digital divide by fostering and facilitating the use of ICTs
provide hundreds of broadband access points in the provincial territory of Rome using the WiFi technology
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Some challenges we faceditalian legal framework ruling public communication networks
strong requirements about users identification and data-retention (VS privacy rights)
digital divided areas w/o broadband infrastructures
management and monitoring of hundreds of access points spread across a large territory
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Some design choicesself-registration for end-users to the Wi-Fi service by a simple (free) mobile phone number verification
indirect identification: in Italy mobile operators have to acquire an ID card copy of their customers
centralized systems for users and access points management
allows the integration of existing and currently operative connectivity lines through VPNs
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Some design choicescompletely open philosophy
no vendor lock-in using open source software
experiences sharing and results dissemination
we aimed to sustainable and replicable solutions
the technical solutions had to be consistent and had to be scalable... not Just a Bunch Of (open-source) Tools
therefore a new solution based on low-cost hardware and personalized software was developed
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
The OpenWISP projectThe Provinciawifi technical infrastructure is based on OpenWISP
today used by 15 Public Administration networks (and by some private sector companies)
OpenWISP is an open-source software suite that can be used to implement many different Wi-Fi architectures
it provides simple interfaces to many tools typically used by a Wireless ISP
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
The OpenWISP projectThe OpenWISP suite includes four independent applications and a middleware:
user base management - OpenWISP User Management System (OWUMS)
access point management and access point firmware - OpenWISP Manager (OWM) and OpenWISP Firmware (OWF)
access point monitoring - OpenWISP Geographic Monitoring (OWGM)
captive portal - OpenWISP Captive Portals Manager (OWCPM)
The middleware allows the integration of the OW* tools and the integration of third party applications
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Open WISP User Management System
Open WISP User Management System
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Open WISP User Management SystemFast and easy sign-up to the Wi-Fi service
Account management and password recovery, accesses and traffic stats history browsing
Web UI with a mobile version
Easy yet powerful users base management tool
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Open WISP manager & firmware
Open WISP manager & firmware
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Open WISP manager & firmware
OpenWISP Manager
centralized management of several hundred access points
template-based access point modeling
encapsulation of multiple VLANs in a single L2 VPN
OpenWISP Firmware
based on the openWRT linux distribution
supports any device supported by openWRT
permits the simple installation of devices with an easy-to-use web based UI
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
The OpenWISP Firmware works behind a firewall, even if NAT is used
1. At boot time every OWF access point creates a setup VPN (openVPN) with the OWM server
2. OWF access point requests and downloads its configuration inside this setup VPN
3. The new configuration is deployed. For instance another VPN is created for WiFi users traffic encapsulation
4. The setup VPN remains up, so it is possible the monitoring and the management of the access point (even if it’s behind a firewall).
5. Periodically the access point asks the OWM server if its configuration is changed and, if so, restarts form the point number 2.
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Building ProvinciawifiBuilding Provinciawifi
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Building Provinciawifithe NOC was hosted and managed by CASPUR, which also provided the Internet connectivity
the first set of hotspots was installed on the premises of the Province of Rome, choosing locations on the basis of their “public” vocation
access points have been connected to the LANs of the Province of Rome and, through VPNs, to the NOC
A full deployment plan was started after a few months of experimental service
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Some network numbersmore than 1,000 hotspots installed
registered users are over 240,000
about 2,500 new user registrations per week
5,500 unique logins per day (on workdays)
NOC peak (Internet) traffic is 45+45Mbps (rush hours)
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Further activity and work in progress
Further activity and work in progress
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Free ItaliaWiFi
At the end of 2010 the Province of Rome, the Autonomous Region of Sardinia and the City of Venice started the “Free ItaliaWiFi” project whose objectives are:
spread the use of free public Wi-Fi, foster the development of new networks by Public Administrations
facilitate citizens who use the public Wi-Fi networks by creating a unique federalized authentication system
to promote some fundamental principles for public Wi-Fi networks:
free open access for all citizens, network neutrality, open standards, ...
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
Free ItaliaWiFias of october 2012, 34 Public Administrations have joined the “Free ItaliaWiFi” project
20 networks are fully integrated (14 are about to be interconnected)
nearly 1,800 hotspots
about 350,000 users
the IX-WiFi (Inter-eXchange Wi-Fi) was built in order to enable the mutual recognition of user credentials across different domains
this is a proxy-RADIUS infrastructure with secure, dedicated virtual or physical links between each federated entity and a central “dispatch” point
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
EduRoaman experiment with the GARR Consortium started at the end of 2011
evaluate and deploy the EduRoam service on OpenWISP access points along with ProvinciaWiFi
EduRoam (EDUcation ROAMing) is a secure, world- wide roaming access service
developed for the international research and education community
uses the state-of-the-art technology for network security
the experimentation has been successful
a set of hotspots now broadcast EduRoam eSSID and a deployment plan is being prepared
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
EduRoam - tech
In this setup two VLANs are incapsulated into a single layer 2 VPN tunnel
one for authenticated traffic, the other one for RADIUS traffic
the authentication server that is hosted by the GARR consortium uses the EduRoam proxy server hierarchy for end-user credential verification
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
October 16th, 2012 - Rome - Networks 2012 - 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium
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Maurizio Goretti(°) ([email protected])Davide Guerri(°) ([email protected])
Francesco Loriga(#) ([email protected])
(°) CASPUR - Rome, Italy(#) Province of Rome - Rome, Italy
Maurizio Goretti(°) ([email protected])Davide Guerri(°) ([email protected])
Francesco Loriga(#) ([email protected])
(°) CASPUR - Rome, Italy(#) Province of Rome - Rome, Italy
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http://openwisp.org--