AREDN™ (Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network) organization develops open source solutions in the Amateur Radio Community for purposes of Emergency Communications using wireless high speed data technologies. The AREDN team builds upon linux, OLSR, and OpenWRT using commercial Wireless ISP devices and extending frequencies across a wide range of Amateur only microwave bands. The result is a commercial grade off-the-grid viable alternative network suitable for restoring some degree of inter/intra‐net connectivity “when all else fails”.