My setup is a Cisco router with sub interfaces to use my set of VLANs on a Cisco switch.  In this case VLAN 1 is the mesh WAN VLAN and my local LAN is a totally different VLAN and network. That way I can setup INBOUND and OUTBOUND Access control list on the  MESH VLAN and Network  to block access to and from the mesh, Internet and local lan.  The mesh has its own wan network on the router and certain access to the internet and not local LAN.  I have run into the same issues going from the LAN to the mesh. I never got into the firewall on the node yet. I can see having it there as not everyone is savvy enough to setup firewalls outside of the nodes. But there should be instructions as to how to remove, disable or bypass them as needed. Mike AE4ML

I'm sorry, but let us be respectful of people who still use Linksys devices. Linksys routers still have their place and their hardware is no "real-er" than Ubiquiti hardware. Sure Linksys hardware has some limitations over Ubiquiti's, but Linksys nodes are still a great tool for those to use who are interested in learning about mesh networking.

KK4DUW, whatever supported platform you use, we are always happy to help you out!

BTW, glad to see you move to *real* hardware and away from the dark side (LS).  ;-)

I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the Ubiquiti gear.

I've setup 2 of the Linksys routers, so I figured I'd try my hand on a Ubiquiti Bullet M2.  I'm following the instructions on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz3VOvhforg

I successfully flashed the new firmware (bbhn-3.1.0-ar71xx-generic-ubnt-bullet-m-squashfs-factory.bin) into the unit and change my network setting back to automatically obtain an IP.  But I get a timeout when trying to go to localnode:8080.

Any ideas where I'm going wrong with this one?

Hi All,

There's a small group of hams near me that are interested in mesh networking. I'm trying to do what I can to make things happen.

One application we are looking for is the ability to sync a folder over the mesh network. I know there's rsync, but since I've never used it, I wanted to ask some questions. To start off with, let me try to explain the setup we're aiming for. Several of us would like to setup Raspberry Pi file servers and have the contents of (/share) folder synced between nodes. Unfortunately, there is no RF links, nor tunnel links between these nodes while we are all at our QTH's. We do meet up once-in-a-while for breakfast, tech discussions & such and would like it if the nodes in our vehicles, once they see each other, would automatically start to sync the data.

We each add files to the folder under our own subfolder (eg, /share/george, /share/matt etc) and will likely have another RPi file server at our QTH. We just need to figure out the best way to sync the data when links are available.

Questions: Is there a way to setup rSync so that it will sync once a rf link is present? How would that be done? The only way I know of (again, with little to no knowledge of rSync) is to setup a cronjob to sync the files every 5 minutes or so. The task will simply fail if no link is present (I think). Furthermore, if we do setup a tunnel between nodes, or if an RF link is present for several hours/days, we'd only need to sync these files (likely) no more than once a day.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

73

Matt KD2HKB

Hi Doug, WA3DSP

Maybe try a different antenna and/or check the connections. You could also put one of the nodes in "AP mode" to see how it performs. Could try a different polarization. What kind of antenna are you using?

Hope that helps.

Edit: You could also try re-flashing the firmware and/or using an older version, namely the one you were using when you know it was working. As a computer guy(not a BBHN guy) it sounds like a hardware issue to me but the question is which node is the problem?

Disclaimer: I've never put a node in to AP mode. However, as I understand it, the node should act like a regular AP.

Hi all,

I was wondering what other people did to get their nodes in the air. I found a post on a portable setup and that got me thinking about what others have done. I have practically no line of site at my house and on top of that, the area is lower then most of the surrounding area. I am a new ham so I don't have a tower or mast and won't have one for quite some time, if at all.

So, what have you done and what kind of range did you get?

Here is the post I mentioned and the link.

http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/hsmm-mesh-forums/view-postlist/forum-1-general/topic-173-tripod.html
The pics can bee seen from the original post.