Hi Bill (N5MBM),

I have one WRT54G flashed (N5EN-1) flashed, but it looks like I am an island node in SW Houston.  How does the tunneling work to get connected to you?  I may have another WRT54G V2 soon and have an antenna and a 2.4GHZ bullet on the way, but I'll still probably be an island in SW Houston. I just need some tutoring on how to set up a node to tunnel through the internet.  It would be lovely to monitor the farm house in Brenham from Houston and visa versa.

Neal N5EN

Broadband-Hamnet mesh, like you have never seen it before, will operate at Ham-ex hamfest (www.ham-ex.ca) on Saturday March 28.

Bring your own smartphones, laptops and other mobile devices, and we will mesh them in!

We will publish the list of the recommended applications to pre-install a few days before the event.

Hi folks,

I am interested in having a go at developing firmware for other platforms.  Does anyone have any links to information for getting started?

I have some TP-link hardware (I know its not quite up to the Ubiquiti stuff but I have some kicking around doing nothing) that I have flashed with a few different versions of openwrt and had a go at setting up OSLR manually on.  They are WR841NDs so I think are ar71xx based so hopefully not too obscure.

Any advice?

Thanks

Jon

The Ubiquiti devices normally have only one network port. The process to split signals to different uses is handled by the VLAN. A special network switch can split the signals into separate uses similar to those labeled on the WRT series. You can see a discussion of that here: http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/hsmm-mesh-forums/view-postlist/forum-18-how-we-used-hsmm-mesh/topic-1021-ubiquiti-radios-and-providing-internet.html

In addition, all content (including forums) is now available to search by using the search box at the top of the page.

Hello all,

I have an AirGrid M2 HP. In the interface for the node there are LAN, WAN, and WiFi as shown in this image.

Since the device only has ONE ethernet port where does WAN go? At the moment I have the LAN port connected to my pfSense firewall/router so that I can access the network advertised on that port. The AirGrid doesn't have Internet access. From reading the Help it seems this is due to the fact that the device doesn't have a WAN port.

Anyone know what I need to do to correct this?

Thanks!

K7HAA

We're designing out our first mesh here in Central IL. If we have a point to point link from site A to B using directional antennas, and now want to go from B to C, do we put two nodes at point B? And do those two nodes connect to each other via ethernet?

We're planning on using the UBNT gear.

Thanks!

Michael, KG9DW

Blue/Black or White/Gold? 

Alan,

I'm having trouble understanding your setup and what you're trying to accomplish with your mesh node(s) (Ubiquiti Titanium Bullet M5? AirGrid M2?)

After reading your first post, I thought that you were connecting your mesh node directly to your TWC cable modem (Arris DG1670A?) and were asking how to configure the cable modem to recognize the mesh node.  Since you have an "isolated node" I was guessing that you wanted to tunnel to a distant mesh network.

In the second post, I learned that you have a DLink ethernet switch (DES1105) and a N600 series Linksys Router (you didn't give a model number but said it supports VLAN) however, you didn't say which one of the devices the mesh node is connected to.  I may have misunderstood, but it sounds like you have connected the mesh node to the WAN port of the N600 and could not get an IP address?  I believe the WAN port of the N600 should be connected to the TWC cable modem; the mesh node should be connected to one of the LAN ports--UNLESS you have configured the N600 for VLAN operation in which case it would depend on how you have the N600 configured. 

In your third post you said that you have two Ubiquiti routers; a 5.8GHz and a 2.4GHz.  I'm wondering if your goal is to connect the two mesh nodes via Ethernet?

In your fourth post, when you said you "reverted back to DHCP on the WAN settings" it wasn't clear to me if you were referring to the WAN settings on the mesh node or the WAN settings on the D600 or the IP configuration on your PC?  I believe that it is normal for the mesh node to advertise 0.0.0.0 on its LAN interface.

I apologize for asking so many questions but I don't want to guess or assume what you are trying to do with the equipment that you have because that has an effect on the settings.

Our Vision for the Golden Horseshoe Network

This network will hopefully encompass the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario. It will include The Greater Toronto Area, and surrounding regions.  It will also include the Region Pee( in Peel County) , Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, and Niagara Region, as well as other areas surrounding the City of Toronto such as York Region, Scarborough, and Durham County, and hopefully even further.

This Network is an HSMM ( High Speed Multi Media) service over a WiFi backbone operating under the guidelines of the Amateur Radio Service.

Currently active in this proposed network is the Peel Mesh.

Peel Mesh is a Broadband Hamnet collaboration of the Peel Amateur Radio Club (PARC) and the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club (MARC) , both situated in the County of Peel in Ontario Canada.

We currently in Peel we have three “backbone” sites.  One site is located at VE3PRC/R, and this site is currently hosting 3 WiFi nodes operating at 2.4GHZ.

The other 2 sites are hosted at VE3MIS/R and VE3MIS-Station.  Each of these sites are also hosting 3 HSMM nodes.

Jointly, on the Peel Mesh we currently have 5 residential sites. Several more residential sites have been surveyed and will hopfully join the mesh when the good weather breaks in the spring.

Oakville has recently joined our mesh and has a backbone at their VE3OAK/R site, and this is connected to the Peel Mesh over a 14Km Wifi Link.

The Peel Mesh has a few active cams. 

Most notable though at this time is that as of late February 2015 we now have several applications including an email service, a Web Page, Voip service ( X-Lite), and an IRC (text) chat room service ( NetTalk).

We hope these exciting applications encourage you to join the Golden Horseshoe Network

Please be sure to visit our display booth at Hamex in Brampton on March 28
http://www.ham-ex.ca

VE3CWU, Bob Hudson ve3cwu at rac.ca
VA3IDL, Anthony Verevkin

I wrote the following letter to L-COM this morning and am awaiting an answer.  I just gained access to this site this morning and so far have been gaining a wealth of knowledge by reading past posts in this forum.

I particularly like the way this antenna is made since I am extremely paranoid about lightning strikes.  I have personally had three fiberglass VHF and UHF antennas vaporized by lightning which also inflicted assorted other damage around the house.  The past several years I have had a big heavy DB-224 on the top of the tower and no problem.

Anyway, the following is the body of the letter sent.  We shall see what the reply is like and go from there...

I am considering the use of the HG2415U-PRO in a Broadband-Hamnet amateur radio network and am confused between the specifications of the HG2412U-PRO and the HG2415U-PRO antennas.  The HG2415U-PRO specifications indicate a 15 dBi gain, however it is physically shorter in length than the HG2412U-PRO even considering the 12” connector pigtail.  Also the vertical beam width is less on the 12 dBi antenna than the 15 dBi antenna, which normally doesn’t correlate and the RF antenna plots are identical.  The ANATEL approval of the HG2412U-PRO is impressive and makes me wonder if it is the better choice regardless of overall gain.  I’m not a RF engineer, so I’m just comparing numbers and trying to make the best decision, but I want to make sure the numbers on the web site are correct.

 Regards,

 Neal Naumann

The node itself is Ubiquity.  I have two nodes.  A titanium bullet 5G and a Ubituiti AIrGrid 2G.