Tim

It should not pose any problems. In my setup at home, I have a cable modem feeding a Linksys router.  My GS108E  internet input port is connected to a lan port of the Linksys router. 

If you want to be able to get to your mesh from the internet, you will need to use an update sevice like dyndns.com and port forward the desired ports on your home router. 

I connected a second router to my mesh node. It plugs into a lan port on the GS108E and goes to the wan port on the second router.  That way I can connect a laptop to the mesh using WiFi.  Since I have internet to the node, I have internet on devices connected to the lan.  I can get to both the mesh and the internet from a laptop connected by WiFi to the second router. You may want to set a different IP address range on the second router. 

Clint, AC5CA

Clint,

I just read your VLAN setup and have a question about the internet into the switch.

I will be taking it from a Linksys wireless router that has DHCP on and supplies my home

network. It has to be turned on to supply IP's for the families smart phones Ipod touch, ect.

Will this cause a problem?

Tim

Thanks Clint,

without a path to the internet, updating services, etc  seems a little on the hard side.

I have a GS108T laying around. I guess I need to do a bunch more home work.

73 de mike/k3mmb

in order to have a wan port on a Ubiquiti, you need to have it pass through a smart switch that can add a VLAN 1 and Tagged setting to the internet going in on the Lan port.

The way I do this is with a Netgear GS108E or GS105E switch.  The "E" is significant.  I put some instructions for the setup on my web site at http://ae5ca.com/?p=49  

I personally do not recommend using the internet gateway setting but you can decide what is best for your situation.

Clint

Just flashed two NSM5 units with V3, both loaded firmware and they talk to another fine. Changed one unit to be a gateway, check the box. connected second port of power supply marked lan to home network switch.

does not seem to work. I have used a LS router configured with the WAN port to this switch and it works.

So my question is .... how do I make a NSM5 a gateway

73 de mike/k3mmb

We have a number of Grandstream HT-70x ATAs working with plain telephones that are intercommunicating fine, without any PBX.  Is there any VoIP sofware for a PC that will intercommunicate with the Grandstreams? That would be very useful in a mixed environment.  Thanks!

Bob W8ERD

Assuming you do not have anything else connected to the node, you do not have an DHCP server connected to get an IP. Set a Static ip on your computer. Use 172.27.0.xx. xx should not be 1 or 2. Connect a CAT5 from your computer to a lan port. From your web browser go to 172.27.0.2:8080 and you should be in. Clint, AE5CA

Updated to correct ip address to 172.27.0.xx and 172.27.0.2:8080

I have converted 2 WRT54GL V1.1 from mesh node to AP now i cant access them at all.  I have tried Every trick in the  book.  NOTHING.  my browser times out everytime i try to connect to either one of them, i have them both connected to a mesh node that is operational.  any suggestions??  btw  my ip from ip config shows 169.xxx.xxx.xxx  im not even getting a 10.xxx.xxx.xxx

The ticket is at http://ubnt.hsmm-mesh.org/products/BBHN/ticket/54

On a Linksys node there is not enough available memory for a remote type upgrade. On Ubiquiti nodes, it is a feature that is in work. I believe it will be in the 3.1 release. 

For some of the beta versions a patch version was published that updated the node to the latest beta. But for a major upgrade that may not always work. It was easy to update remote nodes with a patch. 

There is a utilitity in openwrt that with a some modification to the user interface shows promise for a remote update. An early alpha version did not work for me, but it is being worked on. This is a feature that is definitely needed and the development team knows it. 

I put together a set of three nanostation nodes to perform a drive by update. The theory was node 1 on the old firmware.  Use it to login to the node to be updated and start the update. Node 2 was using AirOS in client mode to connect to node being updated using the meshnode ssid to set up the node. The third node run the new firmware and was used to verify the updated node was working. 

I updated several nodes this way. Pull into a parking lot close to the node to be updated set up the nodes and work my way through the set. Not ideal but it worked.

Clint, AE5CA

Hello, I have my nodes all set up now its time to set up a communication platform. I want to start out basic, just text and simple stuff later I will get into VOIP and VIDEO but what is a simple easy way for me to start out to send and receive info?  Any information will be much helpful thank you

Using the wrt54g routers

73's

kd4ysh

It would be better if you started a new thread as the main topic of the thread has been solved. And...In case anyone else has this problem, what steps did you take to get to a solution?