October 11: Relocation of the Selfnet office to the renovated Allmandring 8A
September 5-7: The new executive board finalizes amendments to the financial regulations and updates further internal guidelines at a retreat in Seeheim
August 22-24: Participation in Student Network Meeting 2025 in Košice
May 1: New server room at Allmandring 8a operational
April 22: Allmandring 8a recommissioned as dormitory with LAN/WLAN
April 17: General meeting 2025
April 17: Sönke Eskeldsen appointed honorary member
March 29: First WiFi7 outdoor access point deployed in the Selfnet network
March 28: Wireless bridge to Birkenwaldstraße modernized to WiFi7
March 19: Student group extension at University of Stuttgart
February 11: Blog redesign launched
February 9: Last Huawei AP4050DN and AP5030DN decommissioned
2024
December 27-30: Participation at Chaos Communication Congress (38C3) including fiber splicing workshop, covered by heise.de with a video report
December 20 - January 6, 2025: WiFi5 to WiFi7 replacement (Huawei AP4050DN to Huawei AirEngine5776-26) across Straussäcker II, Allmandring IV, Wiederholdstraße, Studentendorf Ludwigsburg (partially)
December 20: WiFi improvements in Pestalozziweg 4 and 6 operational
October 27 - November 1: Participation at RIPE 89 Meeting
October 22: Backup line to Rossneckar operational
September 7 - October 19: Temporary relocation from Allmandring 8A to Allmandring 18D during core building renovation
September 23: New privacy policy enacted
August 19 - September 1: Participation in Student Network Meeting in Chemnitz
August 22: Allmandring I networking conversion from core to distribution switches completed
July 25: Geschwister-Scholl-Straße connection switched to leased dark fiber
July 12-14: Internal hackathon and summer barbecue
July 4: New dormitory network user agreement and external usage contracts approved
June 30: Self-spliced singlemode fiber between Geschwister-Scholl-Straße and Goerdelerweg operational
June 20: WLAN in Goerdelerweg operational
June 13: Donation of old Juniper EX3300 switches to Ukraine
May 24-26: The new executive board develops a new usage policy and amendments to the financial regulations at a retreat in Seeheim
April 13: Informal 25-year anniversary celebration with other student networks and student organizations at Unithekle
April 13: General meeting 2024
April 12: Official 25-year anniversary celebration with external partners at Pullmann
March 14: Selfnet and Freifunk WLAN broadcast at Unithekle
February 23-25: The executive board develops amendments to the statutes, user guidelines, and employee guidelines at a retreat in Seeheim
February 22: Selfnet installs a publicly accessible defibrillator in front of the club rooms at Allmandring 8a
January 22: Due to greatly expanded online support capabilities, Selfnet closed the previously long-used support room U8 at Allmandring 8a. On-site support continues in U2 at Allmandring 8a
January 11: Unithekle and Bauhäusle connected via singlemode fiber, giving every dormitory on Campus Vaihingen a 10 Gbit uplink
January 2: Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 15 and Goerdelerweg 58, 60 connected via interim solution over old fiber to the university
2023
December 22: Selfnet WLAN in Heilmannstraße 4B enhanced with new and additional devices
December 4: With the installation of the last switch in Bauhäusle, the access switch replacement is complete
October 3: Selfnet WLAN in Heilmannstraße 4A enhanced with new and additional devices
October 1: Monthly membership fee increased to €9.50
August 31 - September 3: Participation in Student Network Meeting (SNT) in Dresden
July 26: Selfnet WLAN in Theodor-Heuss-Heim operational
June: Outdoor WLAN installed between Allmandring 1 and 2
June 23-25: The Selfnet executive board develops initial amendments to user guidelines and employee guidelines at a retreat in Heilbronn
June 14: Selfnet broadcasts Freifunk for the first time at the dormitory party at Straussäcker 2
April 17: Water damage in Heilmannstraße leads to infrastructure damage and outages. Thanks to dedicated effort, downtime for residents was minimized
April 15: Steffen Oesterwind appointed honorary member
April 15: General meeting 2023
March 30: The 100th productive switch of the S5732-H-V2 series installed in the network
March 25: Selfnet WLAN in Kernerstraße operational
March 25: TOR switch replacement in Heilmannstraße and Rosensteinstraße server rooms with Juniper EX4400-48MP
March 25: Raritan iKVM with KVM console operational in Rosensteinstraße server room
March 23: First Juniper EX4100-F-12P switch installed in Boddschamber
March 16: TOR switch replacement in Vaihingen with Juniper EX4400-48MP
March 14: Delivery of ordered Juniper EX4100-F-12P switches (53 units)
March 9: First four multigigabit Juniper EX4400-48MP switches installed in Pfaffenhof 2
March 7: Delivery of ordered Juniper EX4400-48MP switches (32 units)
March 6: Upgrade of existing iKVMs to new Raritan models with HTML5 support
February 25: Selfnet network (LAN and WLAN) operational in new Königsallee building
January 12: First two multigigabit Huawei S5732-H-V2 switches installed in dormitory AR3 26A
January 11: Delivery of ordered Huawei S5732-H-V2 switches (213 units)
January 10: Selfnet WLAN in Landhausstraße operational
2022
October 1: Minimum monthly fee for supporting members set at €1.00
October 1: Monthly membership fee increased to €8.50
September 27: New switch generation Huawei S5732-H-V2 ordered
September 26: New switch generations Juniper EX4400-48MP and Juniper EX4100-F-12P ordered
September 26: Selfnet WLAN in Neckarstraße 132 operational
September 25: Selfnet WLAN in Heilmannstraße 5 and 7 enhanced with additional devices
June 11: General meeting 2022
June 1: Last access point of the first WLAN series (Huawei AP6010DN-AGN) replaced with a newer model
May 31: Selfnet WLAN in Rieckestraße operational
May 26: OFD dormitory in Ludwigsburg temporarily disconnected from Selfnet network due to building renovation
April 16: Last old core switch (Juniper EX4500) replaced with successor (Juniper EX4600)
January 1: Allmandring 1 and Wiederholdstraße dormitories transferred from SWS to VSSW operator
2021
Outdoor WLAN expanded in Vaihingen with locations at Allmandring 1, 2 and 3, Straussäcker 1, Pfaffenhof 2, and Ökumenisches Zentrum
September 30: Root certificate used in WLAN expired, causing issues for many clients
September 29: WLAN access points in Pfaffenhof 2 relocated from storage room to hallway
August 19: Straussäcker 1 equipped with Selfnet WLAN
July 31: Jann Haber appointed honorary member
July 31: Michael Müller appointed honorary member
July 31: General meeting 2021
June 5: Structuremap service launched for simplified network visualization
May 12: Weathermap service restored for network utilization display after several years
February: Redundant monitoring servers installed in all three Selfnet server rooms
2020
September 28: 1,000th WLAN access point installed
September 27: General meeting 2020
August 24: Königsallee residential tower connected to the network
June: Network upgraded to 2×20G uplinks with 40G core network
April: Second NAT upgraded to newer hardware to handle Selfnet’s growing user numbers
April 16: Dark fiber between Stuttgart city and Vaihingen operational
March 15: COVID-19 pandemic forced closure of on-site support; hotline established
February 24: Esslingen boarding house taken over from former WH-Netz association and equipped with new WLAN technology
February 24: First WiFi 6 access point installed in Allmandring 3 26C
January: Last building connection of Allmandring IV completed
January: First NAT replaced with new hardware as the original could no longer handle Selfnet’s growing user numbers
January 1: Pfaffenhof 1, 2 and Straussäcker 1 dormitories transferred from SWS to VSSW operator
2019
November 30: Wiederholdstraße, Alexanderstraße, and Brückenstraße dormitories connected to the network
November 29: Fabrikstraße dormitory in Esslingen connected to the network
November: Successive connection of Rossneckar 1 and 2 dormitories in Esslingen to the network
October: New Allmandring IV dormitory connected to the network
April 17: General meeting 2019
2018
November 29: Studentendorf Ludwigsburg and Wohnhaus der Finanzen fully connected via fiber optic
November 10: In der Au dormitory reconnected after previously being connected by WH-Netz
April 27: Anna-Herriegel-Haus connected to the network
April 19: Tobias Sick appointed honorary member
April 18: General meeting 2018
2017
November: New dormitories in Stuttgart downtown connected to the network: Kernerstr. 2, Landhausstr. 14, Neckarstr. 132, Rieckestr. 17, and Neckarstr. 172 (Boardinghaus Stuttgart)
August 24-27: Student Network Meeting 2017 (SNT) hosted in Stuttgart
Live-streaming of the Formula Student Team rollout (May 5) and the WASTE Graduation Ceremony (November 19)
First outdoor WiFi access point installed
April 19: General meeting 2017
2016
August/September: New Rosensteinstraße dormitory connected
April 6: Hannes Rist appointed honorary member
April 6: General meeting 2016
2015
December 1: WH-Netz e.V. transfers management of Filderbahnplatz dormitory in Stuttgart-Möhringen to Selfnet e.V. (in addition to the technology already provided by Selfnet since the last switch replacement in 2013)
August/September: Major outages due to servers compromised with malware (DDoS targeting China). Forensic analysis and complete server reinstallation
April 22: General meeting 2015
2014
Christmas: Quota increased to 2⁴⁰ bytes (1 TiB)
April 9: General meeting 2014
March: Every access switch on Campus Vaihingen now connected to two different core routers for redundancy
February: Introduction of SEPA direct debit
January: Virtual chassis of 3 core routers regularly caused routing loops. Problem resolved by dissolving the virtual chassis
2013
December 1: Nearly 15 years after the founding of Selfnet e.V., WH-Netz transfers management of new tenants in Allmandring II, III and Straußäcker I, II, III to Selfnet. Filderbahnplatz dormitory and users with existing leases continue to be managed by WH-Netz, but all dormitories are served through a unified administrative system
October: First Selfnet-managed dormitory equipped with WiFi
October 1: Heilmannstraße 3, 5, 7 dormitory (“Schwabengarage”) with 200 rooms connected to the network
June-July: Major issues with aging (and completely unmaintained) air conditioning in the Allmandring 8a server room. Temporary repair followed by replacement with ceiling-mounted units (with maintenance contract). Major server outages, but dormitory network remained stable due to prior redundancy investments
April 10: General meeting 2013
January 14: New service: VPN for members (ASA)
2012
December 24: Quota increased to 400 GB
October - January 2013: Juniper access switches to rooms replaced, connections upgraded to 1 GBit/s. Core network upgraded to 10 GBit/s
September 25: First members enjoy symmetrical 1 GBit/s internet connection
September 13: Extraordinary general meeting regarding upcoming takeover of additional dormitories and acquisition of new network components (replacement of all edge, core, and access routers/switches and bandwidth upgrade to 10 GBit/s core and 1 GBit/s access ports)
April 18: General meeting 2012
March 1: SelfStreaming launched. The offering grew to 80 channels over the following two years
February: MySelfnet member portal introduced for self-service membership management
January 11: Quota increased to 200 GB
2011
Server systems and cabling modernized
August 1: New cabling installed in Heilmannstraße dormitory
May 11: General meeting 2011
2010
May 8-9: Nethack 2010 conference
April 28: Tim Kleefass appointed honorary member
April 28: General meeting 2010
January 1: Membership fee reduced to €7/month
2009
April 1: Membership fee reduced to €9/month; registration fee eliminated
April: General meeting 2009
2008
April: General meeting 2008
2007
October 23: New fiber optic cables between Theodor-Heuss-Heim and K1 operational
August 1: Registration fee reduced to €10
April: General meeting 2007
March 5: Heilmannstraße dormitory (former AXA building) with 333 connections connected to the Selfnet network; first office hours held
Early year: Cisco switch installation; conversion to Layer 3 network
2006
December: New Cisco switches acquired
April: General meeting 2006
2005
April 28: Pfaffenwald 44 cabled; all Pfaffenwaldring residential units (Pfaffenhof I and II) now connected to the Selfnet network
April: General meeting 2005
February 7: Pfaffenwaldring 42 connected to the Selfnet network
2004
December 22: Allmandring 22 connected to the Selfnet network
August 16: Allmandring 20 connected to the Selfnet network
June 6: New wireless link between Theodor-Heuss-Heim and Max-Kade-Heim operational
May 1: Allmandring 18 connected to the Selfnet network
May 1: Bernd Gloss appointed honorary member
April: General meeting 2004
2003
November 1: Allmandring 14 connected to the Selfnet network
August 27: Selfnet network converted to new uplink
June 6: Allmandring 16 connected to the Selfnet network
April: General meeting 2003
January 29: Pfaffenwaldring 50 connected to the Selfnet network after rooms were cabled by volunteers
2002
December 23: Allmandring 12 connected to the Selfnet network
July 4: Allmandring 10 connected to the Selfnet network
April 8: Allmandring 8 connected to the Selfnet network
2001
June 12: Bauhäusle connected to the Selfnet network by volunteers
2000
October 1: Pfaffenwaldring 46 and Theodor-Heuss-Heim in the city connected to the Selfnet network
May 11: Max-Kade-Wohnheim goes online
April 26: General meeting with re-election of the board of directors
March 31: Cooperation contract with Studentenwerk signed
1999
October 1: Network start in Pfaffenwaldring 48
June 11: Presentation of the project at Studierendenwerk Stuttgart (formerly Studentenwerk Stuttgart)
May 26: Presentation of the project at the rectorate
March 31: Foundation of Selfnet e.V.
Elected Board
General Assembly April 17, 2025
Erik Zeiske (1st Chairman)
Felix Hüftle (2nd Chairman)
Jonas Werner (Treasurer)
Marco von Rosenberg (1st Assessor)
Leon Amtmann (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 13, 2024
Sönke Eskeldsen (1st Chairman)
Felix Hüftle (2nd Chairman)
Jonas Werner (Treasurer)
Philipp Fruck (1st Assessor)
Erik Zeiske (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 15, 2023
Sönke Eskeldsen (1st Chairman)
Felix Hüftle (2nd Chairman)
Jonas Werner (Treasurer)
Erik Zeiske (1st Assessor)
Lukas Joraschek (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly June 11, 2022
Steffen Oesterwind (1st Chairman)
Felix Hüftle (2nd Chairman)
Sönke Eskeldsen (Treasurer)
Erik Zeiske (1st Assessor)
Angela Kächele (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly July 31, 2021
Steffen Oesterwind (1st Chairman)
Erik Zeiske (2nd Chairman)
Sönke Eskeldsen (Treasurer)
Felix Hüftle (1st Assessor)
David Peters (2nd Assessor) from July 31 - November 17, 2021
Angela Kächele (2nd Assessor) from December 1, 2021
General Assembly September 27, 2020
Steffen Oesterwind (1st Chairman)
Erik Zeiske (2nd Chairman)
Sönke Eskeldsen (Treasurer)
Felix Hüftle (1st Assessor)
David Peters (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 17, 2019
Steffen Oesterwind (1st Chairman)
Erik Zeiske (2nd Chairman)
Jonas Burgdorf (Treasurer)
Felix Hüftle (1st Assessor)
Sönke Eskeldsen (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 18, 2018
Steffen Oesterwind (1st Chairman)
Lukas Kramer (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Tröps (Treasurer)
Jonas Burgdorf (1st Assessor)
Maximilian Weiblen (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 19, 2017
Daniel Steinacker (1st Chairman)
Steffen Oesterwind (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Lukas Kramer (1st Assessor)
Michael Müller (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 6, 2016
Daniel Steinacker (1st Chairman)
Lukas Kramer (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Johannes Erwerle (1st Assessor)
Jannik Franz (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 22, 2015
Sebastian Neuner (1st Chairman)
Daniel Steinacker (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Daniel Nägele (1st Assessor)
Alexander Scholten (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 9, 2014
Sebastian Neuner (1st Chairman)
Michael Müller (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Anna Kapernekas (1st Assessor)
Daniel Nägele (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 10, 2013
Marie Brückner (1st Chairman)
Michael Müller (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Sebastian Neuner (1st Assessor)
Alexander Behm (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly April 18, 2012
Michael Müller (1st Chairman)
Dirk Braunschweiger (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Marie Brückner (1st Assessor)
Arne Schauf (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly 2011
Arne Schauf (1st Chairman)
Dario Dubberstein (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Michael Müller (1st Assessor)
Dirk Braunschweiger (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly 2010
Kai-Uwe Amann (1st Chairman)
Stephan Jennewein (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Dario Dubberstein (1st Assessor)
Arne Schauf (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly 2009
Markus Wick (1st Chairman)
Kai-Uwe Amann (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Ruben Bühler (1st Assessor)
Hannes Rist (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly 2008
Stephan Jennewein (1st Chairman) until end of March 2009
Markus Wick (2nd Chairman)
Tobias Sick (Treasurer)
Ruben Bühler (1st Assessor)
Alexander Faul (2nd Assessor)
General Assembly 2007
Tim Kleefass (1st Chairman)
Dominik Gunreben (2nd Chairman)
Susanne Krichel (Treasurer) from April 2007 - March 2008
Tobias Sick (Treasurer) from March 2008 - April 2008
