About OSWave

OSWave is a feature rich, portable network operating system running on Atheros based SOC (System On Chip) devices family: AR2312, AR2313, AR2316 and AR5312. Complete, up to date, list of devices capable of running OSWave is available on the Technical Details page, however the most common devices available on the market, capable of running OSWave are:

Dual Radio Systems:

Trendnet TEW-510APB
SparkLAN WX-7800A
Tonze AW-6660
Alfa Network AWAP803

Single Radio Systems:

Ubiqiuiti Nanostation2
Ubiqiuiti Nanostation5
Ubiqiuiti PowerStation2
Ubiqiuiti LiteStation2
Ubiqiuiti LiteStation5
Wistron Neweb CA8-4
Wistron Neweb CE8-1
OvisLink AirLive WLA-5000AP and WLA-5000APv2
Wistron RDAA-81 (aka Wistron CA8 PRO)
La Fonera FON Access Point

Hardware with OSWave already preloaded:
WaveAP One PCB

Where to purchase supported Hardware?

Features

OSWave offers many added value features targeting performance and flexibility, which are not available in the stock firmware for Atheros SOC devices. These features allow compatible Atheros SOC based devices to be turned into enterprise access points, high performance and feature rich CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) devices and secure, very powerful Point to Point or Point to Multipoint Wireless Bridges.

Major Features:

Available frequency range from 2312 MHz to 2732 MHz when operating in 802.11b/g mode (84 selectable channels).
Available frequency range from 4920 MHz to 6100 MHz when operating in 802.11a mode (236 selectable channels).
User selectable channel width - 40 MHz, 20 MHz, 10 MHz or 5 MHz for the whole supported frequency range.
Greatly Improved Wireless Performance.
5 GHz spectrum, Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC) for European Union compatibility.
Ability to disable default CSMA Backoff Mechanism to improve performance in areas experiencing noise from other wireless devices.
Easy yet powerful device WEB management.
Built in very fast PPPoE Client.
Built in DHCP Client and Server.
Powerful QoS and Firewall control.
Remote and secure access to the Linux shell through SSH.
Ability to run own startup Bash shell scripts.
User accesible flash memory partition with content that is preserved between device reboots and powercycles.
Shell Access to all useful Linux commands, ie. iptables, ebtables, wlanconfig, ifconfig, iwconfig, ping etc.
High Performance wireless polling protocol running on top of the 802.11 MAC layer which overrides all the shortages of the CSMA/CDMA protocol in outdoor network deployments.
Point to Point bridge mode with Packet Aggregation capable of moving more than 20.000 packets per second.
Adaptive Radio (AR/ANI) support which enables stable operation with signal levels as low as -90dBm.
Highest Grade security with WPA1/WPA2 and WEP 40/128 support.
Advanced Wireless Options - TX Power, Supported Rates, Antenna Selection and ACK Timeout.

Getting Started

OSWave is a commercial system and requires valid license key for operation, which can be purchased here for $24.95.

Without license key it can be used in full featured trial version mode for 24 hours of operation. Please note that if for any reason you do not like our software you can at any time revert back to the original firmware by just upgrading OSWave to the firmware appriopriate for your device (all necessary files and instructions are available in the downloads section). If you finish your 24 hours trial period you can also revert back to the original firmware at any time or unlock all the features again by uploading license key to your device. The process of firmware upgrade or downgrade is easy and secure - for detailed description please look at the Technical Details page.