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 Subject :BBHN with laptop-wifi and UBUNTU.. 2013-12-17- 00:12:09 
sp2ong
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Hi,

Is it possible use laptop + wifi card or Tablet-Andriod with installed OLSR software to connect HSMM-Mesh local network ?


73 Waldek sp2ong
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 Subject :Re:HSMM with laptop-wifi or Tablet-Android.. 2013-12-17- 01:05:27 
kv4pc
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Yes. I posted about this a while back.

http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/hsmm-mesh-forums/view-postlist/forum-4-applications/topic-614-olsr-switch-on-windows-works-to-connect-directly-to-the-mesh.html

Works OK on windows except for DNS and IPV6. Im using the last version of OLSR-Switch that was posted as a binary by the olsr.org folk. I havent been able to successfully build the latest version which fixes IPV6.

I havent gotten it to work on Android because my devices are Motorola which has two issues - insufficient power available at the USB port (could try a powered hub and USB OTG adaptor), and rooting is required to activate ad-hoc mode. Some android devices dont have these issues.

73;

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 Subject :Re:HSMM with laptop-wifi or Tablet-Android.. 2013-12-17- 01:24:21 
sp2ong
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Ok I will be try to setup my laptop and Andriod to connect with my WRT54G with HSMM firmware 1.0. It will be nice have to this. Because not all local ham radio operators must buy and use WRT54. We can setup local Mesh Nodes with WRT54 to cover local area use Hamnet network by hamradio operators. One problem for me is that anybody who install on own hardware olsr can connect to our network ?

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 Subject :Re:HSMM with laptop-wifi or Tablet-Android.. 2013-12-17- 01:33:31 
kv4pc
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Anyone who understands mesh radios can connect to our networks. As radio amateurs we are not allowed to use cryptographic means to secure the OLSR protocol which is the only method I am aware of available.
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 Subject :Re:HSMM with laptop-wifi or Tablet-Android.. 2013-12-17- 01:46:02 
sp2ong
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Ok, but I know that is problem with use secret shared key at current firmware but ist small protection without use cryptographic. But it maybe we back in next relase firmware to use secret shared key
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 Subject :Re:HSMM with laptop-wifi or Tablet-Android.. 2013-12-17- 03:42:08 
KG1L
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This may not be what you had in mind, but one option is to set up an access point, directly wired LAN port to LAN port, to a mesh node. ANY wireless access point with at least one LAN port can be used. It DOES NOT have to be a Linksys router. Since it is not using radio to talk to the mesh network, it does not have to operate under Part 97. It does, however allow direct access to the mesh so it needs to be secured. If operated under Part 15, which I highly recommend, it can and should have encrypted access control (WAP2, for example). With this setup, any authorized user can connect to the BBHN using any wirless device that can connect to an access point. NOTE: Do not have both the mesh node and the access point provide DHCP. The typical approach would be to disable DHCP service on the access point and have it get its IP address from the mesh node.
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 Subject :Re:HSMM with laptop-wifi or Tablet-Android.. 2013-12-17- 05:16:47 
sp2ong
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Hi,

I have import project HSMM-PI for RasberryPI  to my UBUNTU linux on laptop and it is look working scanning and configuration. I will try to use this on my latop to connect with my WRT54 HSMM.

I have attached screendump from HSMM-Linux on my UBUNTU

73 Waldek sp2ong



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 Subject :Re:HSMM with laptop-wifi or Tablet-Android.. 2013-12-19- 04:25:29 
sp2ong
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Hi,

Ok I have setup my laptop with linux UBUNTU and OLSR v0.6.6.1 to connect with my WRT54G HSMM Nodes. I have use part of code www HSMM-PI project to show status on my laptop UBUNTU via port 8080 like on WRT54. All working very well and now I can use in my home laptop with WIFI to connect HSMM Network.

I have attached screen dump from my HSMM-Ubuntu status 

73 Waldek



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