Releases: althea-net/rita-firmware
Beta 2 RC2
What's new?
- Better support for xdai
- Much faster startup
- Better detection of crashes and automated recovery
- Fixes for stuck nonce preventing payments
- Performance optimizations for accounting code
- Performance optimizations for remote logging (when enabled)
You can find flashing and getting started instructions here
This page contains images for supported devices, these images collect and send bug reports and technical operation data about billing and the mesh network automatically while we're Beta. No data about your browsing traffic or home network is collected ever.
If you would like images for other devices, or images with all data collection turned off by default see the releases section of the readme
Beta 2 RC1
What's new?
- Better support for xdai
- Fixes for stuck nonce preventing payments
- Performance optimizations for accounting code
- Performance optimizations for remote logging (when enabled)
Beta 1 RC 4
What's new?
- Real eth/dai payments!
- Bandwidth payments are enforced by knocking people to the free tier when they don't pay
- blockchain selector option allows quick switching between testnet/dai/eth
- Fixed issue with eth addresses going away after signing up for an exit
- More robust payment validation that can handle disruptions at every level without losing payments
- Faster billing for exits, resulting in less cpu usage
- Upgraded to Rust 2018
- Many minor optimizations provided by Clippy
This testing release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Or building the firmware yourself using the release management profile.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Beta 1 RC 3
What's new?
- Bandwidth payments are enforced by knocking people to the free tier when they don't pay
- Fixed issue with eth addresses going away after signing up for an exit
- More robust payment validation that can handle disruptions at every level without losing payments
- Faster billing for exits, resulting in less cpu usage
- Upgraded to Rust 2018
- Many minor optimizations provided by Clippy
This testing release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Or building the firmware yourself using the release management profile.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Beta 1 RC 2
What's new?
- Bandwidth payments are enforced by knocking people to the free tier when they don't pay
- Fixed issue with eth addresses going away after signing up for an exit
- More robust payment validation that can handle disruptions at every level without losing payments
- Faster billing for exits, resulting in less cpu usage
- Upgraded to Rust 2018
- Many minor optimizations provided by Clippy
This testing release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Or building the firmware yourself using the release management profile.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Beta 1 RC 1
What's new?
- Bandwidth payments are enforced by knocking people to the free tier when they don't pay
- Fixed issue with eth addresses going away after signing up for an exit
- More robust payment validation that can handle disruptions at every level without losing payments
- Faster billing for exits, resulting in less cpu usage
- Upgraded to Rust 2018
- Many minor optimizations provided by Clippy
This testing release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Or building the firmware yourself using the release management profile.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Alpha 12
What's new?
- Testnet bandwidth payments
- withdraw and other eth management features on the router dashboard
- Automated generation of real eth addresses
- Fixes to billing inaccuracies in some edge cases
- New wg_key type should improve stability by preventing parsing errors
This testing release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Or building the firmware yourself using the release management profile.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Alpha 11
What's new?
- Separate default WiFi names to prevent issues with client devices being dumb about frequency selection
- New logarithm based route selection weighting improves route adjustment
- Tools in Rita for price setting and quality adjustment
- Fixes to client and exit billing to better account for nat traffic
- Crash watchdog for Rita should restart Rita on crash automatically
This release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Note you will not be able to participate in our payments trials if you do this.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Routers also gather some info that is sent to the developers:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
Alpha 11 RC2
What's new?
- Separate default WiFi names to prevent issues with client devices being dumb about frequency selection
- New logarithm based route selection weighting improves route adjustment
- Tools in Rita for price setting and quality adjustment
- Fixes to client and exit billing to better account for nat traffic
- Crash watchdog for Rita should restart Rita on crash automatically
This release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Note you will not be able to participate in our payments trials if you do this.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Routers also gather some info that is sent to the developers:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
Alpha 10
What's new?
- Network interface mode (LAN/WAN/Mesh) on-the-fly toggling
- Unused tunnel garbage collection now supports unmonitoring the underlying NIC
- Updated dependency versions (among other things OpenSSL v1.1.1 is now supported)
- Changing the mesh IP is now available in the dashboard API
- The dashboard API reports the device name
- Increased resistance to poisoned routes or routing tables
- Early support for dual purpose WiFi radios, allowing for meshing and home WiFi at the same time
- Methods to add new exit servers of your own selection
- Changed logging strategy to support remote logging via the syslog crate (falls back to the previous env_logger approach if disabled)
This release logs some information by default, this can be disabled by clicking this link from your Althea router. Note you will not be able to participate in our payments trials if you do this.
Your browsing history and data about your home network's traffic or devices is never logged.
What is logged:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have
How to Install
- Find the OpenWRT wiki link for your device in the hardware table
- Read the flashing instructions
- Download the appropriate image
- Follow the flashing instructions
- Visit 192.168.10.1/althea on your newly flashed router and configure your exit under network settings
How to use
All Althea devices proxy traffic by default, this secures your traffic from other mesh devices. These images are shipped with Althea 'exits' (proxies) by default. We will be happy to include any reputable exit someone may run once they exist.
Every device can accept a traditional internet connection on either it's lowest numbered port or the port marked 'WAN' if such a port exists. This connection will be shared with other devices on the mesh, while you are protected from abuse of the connection by the exit servers and Althea you should check if the terms of service of your provider allow sharing or reselling your connection.
The highest numbered port on each device is the LAN port, every port between the WAN and LAN ports is a mesh port and will be used to negotiate and share connections with peers. You can use Ethernet cables, point to point antennas, switches, or any L2 connection.
Images marked -mesh-5ghz below use their internal 5ghz radio to mesh with each other. This currently works for devices of the same model, but not necessarily devices of mixed models. The 2.4ghz interface is used normally.
Once you flash your Althea device plug into the LAN port or connect to the wifi network and navigate to http://192.168.10.1/althea
Once there you can use the 'Router settings' page to change the WiFi names and passwords, and the 'Network settings' page to connect to a different exit. The other pages are not yet fully functional.
Likewise payments for traffic are not yet functional, currently balances are computed by the routers based on traffic passed. This isn't really stored, or well communicated to the user, but you can see some of it on the payments page.
If you want to build a full scale network see the getting started guide.
If you have any questions or need help drop by our matrix chat or the development forum and feel free to ask questions.
Privacy in Althea
Traffic is protected from other members of the mesh, but not from exit servers, we provide free exits for interested users at this time. Some information is also logged to the development team by default.
If you want working Netflix and other streaming services you can provide an email and select the Althea production exit for your country.
When signing up for the production exit we will perform a simple ip check and use your email to confirm you are actually A) Human B) in the correct region so that streaming services don't ban us.
We will also use your email to notify you of downtime, or other information about Althea and your regional exit. If you don't wish to consent to this you can setup your own exit, it should be pretty straightforward using this automation. Just ask if you need any help.
We don't store any traffic or traffic metadata other than total bandwidth use on a per client basis, for billing purposes. We may inspect traffic without storing it if we find it disruptive and disconnect the offender at our discretion.
Routers also gather some info that is sent to the developers:
- Your mesh neighbours
- the performance of Rita on your device
- the amount of data exchanged with your neighbours
- Errors your router may have