Brnad new to meshing ... have a node (setup was simple with the guide!) here (near Augusta,GA), and looking for local interest, but not sure if any will turn up ...

What's the current status on the tunnelling? Saw some references to it, but not a specific how-to .. Would like to give that a try to be able to play around on a mesh, since i'm currently an "island" here.

thanks!
--david
KJ4IZW
Aiken, SC

Did you guys get any info on tunneling? I'm in the Vancouver, Washington area and have four nodes up and running. There are a couple other hams with nodes locally but they are probably out of range from my location.  I dug up good information on the how, I just need to know the where. Are there any lists posting available connections?

There is a set of scripts that are currently being beta tested that once installed on a node, will allow Tunnel Clients and Tunnel Servers to be set up from within the setup menu of a mesh node.  Members of the Beta Test/Developer Team have successfully created tunnels connecting New Jersey, Texas and California.  We have found some problems with firewall settings.  Work is under way to make sure we have proper firewall settings before the scripts are released. We are close to having the firewall issues satisfied for the UNBT nodes.

Some work has to be done still for the Linksys WRT54GS version 1 through 3.  The Linksys runs an different style of firewall.  It is looking like we will be able to use the WRT54GS versions 1 through 3 for tunneling and they will be able to connect to the UBNT tunnel nodes.  But some of the applications on Linksys are older versions and we have some compatibility issues we are looking at. The WRT54G, GL, and GS v4 will not have enough memory to run the tunneling application.  The WRT54GS versions 1 through 3 have double the memory of the other Linksys boxes.

I have been using NanoStation Loco M2's for a lot of my testing.  At $50 for the complete package it is a great choice.  It will most likely be less expensive than a 10 year old used WRT54GS v1-3. The NanoStation M2 is my favorite. It costs around $80. Either one is ready to be mounted in an outdoor setting and comes complete with antennas.  I have done 13 mile links with both the NanoStation M2 and M5.

The folks doing the heavy lifting on this effort are volunteers that have real jobs and families.  Understand we are working on it but sometimes real life gets in the way

Clint, AE5CA

Thanks AE5CA for the tunnel info. I now have 14 nodes, 4 or 5 of them being WRT54GS (less than rev 4). I'm pretty much isolated here and would appreciate a heads up when the new version releases...