Ok - can you give some hints on the configuration side.

I left defaults on both WRT and PI and PI can see the IP of the WRT but when I click on it, it just times out. Recently changed the IP to the same 10.80.106.x subnet between the two - still same results.

I also changed the Lan IP to 192. of the WRT - it defaulted to 10. which is not routeable - also checked the NAT function and that seems to have no effect on MESH as well.

Again never have seen any Mesh reported on the WRT device - reflashed that to make sure too.

Sort of stuck - any thoughts?

Did you ever get this to actually work?

I did same and the PI can see the WRT node but can not (or does not) connect. On the WRT node side it does not detect the PI at all.

Yes promising - just has a lan connect gateway for the mesh to have access to internet.

Please post back with any suggestions on how to get PI on same mesh with WRT routers.

Thank you,

  Andy Johnson - KK6JVY

Instead of the Bullet on a mast I was initially planning, I will now have a WRT54 powered by a 4AH LiPo battery pack on top of the rental vehicle from flea market space 2833. We are flying and did not have the extra luggage space for a mast and mount.

I will be up and running on Friday and Sat, of the Hamvention.

Let's see if we can work some 2.4 GHz DX in the flea market!

Dave, K7DMK

Here is some inexpensive mesh networking hardware that might be interesting. They are working on a higher power version, also.

https://pinocc.io/tech-specs

Rud

I have a WRT54-GS node operational on a rooftop near Rebecca and Ferguson in Hamilton. The noise level in the area is horrendous, so the node's in the middle of the roof, cutting out most of the ground level residential clutter. Height above ground is about 60'. Clear line of sight is difficult due to the taller buildings in the area, but there are several good lines from the escarpment. There are also several clear lines across the bay to Burlington, and I'd love some feedback if those lines work out.

Currently the active antenna is a 15db omni. There's a 24db mesh parabolic, in horizontal orientation, but it's gain was actually causing some grief. It's currently pointed at Sam Lawrence Park, link length about 2 km. Sometime in the next week or so, I'll turn it around and re-activate it towards Burlington.

I've had success linking with a stock WRT54 at Sam Lawrence park, with LQ better than 60%. The path between the two sites passes between two high-rise apartments, which are in the fresnel zone, and that causes some interesting affects. For example, from above, I can't tell the difference between horizontal and vertical polarization at the lower site, and there is very little difference in performance between the omni and the dish.

I"ve had much better success with a Nanostation. Link Quality with the NS is better than 80% both ways. It seems to get through the noise a lot better, despite it's greater sensitivity. Doing a 'wifi scan' from Sam Lawrence park, I was picking up 3 pages of AP's, more than a few operating on chan. 1.

The results I'm getting are consistent with the modelling I did using RadioMobile, with the exception of the effects caused by the buildings on either side of my path. The program generalizes built-up areas, and can't predict link viability for specific constructions. Good 'ol direct viewing with a pair of binoculars still works best.

If you're up on the Hamilton escarpment with a yagi, please give this a try, and leave a message on the built-in Hamchat message board. Please feel free to E-mail me with specific questions, or to schedule a test across a couple of nodes.

- ve3rtj (at) gmail.com

Thanks for the update Ian.

The first node going up will be Fonthill VE3PLF-100 on a tower in Fonthill. That is scheduled for today, May 12, 2014

Port Weller will go up after Dayton so it will be somewhere around May 24, 2014

I suspect the people in Toronto should have a good shot at Fonthill as I can see Toronto from the Tower

Search doesn't seem to search the forums.  Use Google advanced search instead.

Yesterday KB9VBR, N9MEA, and I (W9HDG) played around with mesh nodes in Wausau WI.  Our farthest successful link was 0.78 miles according to google earth.  We almost had a 1.3 mile link to our first permanent node, but there were trees in the way (we could see it, occasionally we would get a brief link), and could see that same node 2.3 miles but just couldn't quite link up.  The permanent node has a 16dbi Omni at 20' in the air.  All the other antennas were home made.

You can see the pictures here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+TravisAugustine/albums/6011887173266604417

It was a good time and we look forward to playing mesh again soon.

73,

Travis W9HDG

So i have my node(s) installed and running.

There are two: 

  N3ckf-Mesh-1a = Ubiquiti Loco M2 - facing south west on the 2nd floor of my condo.  You probably wont hear this node.

  N3ckf-Mesh-2a = Ubiquiti Bullet HP w/9db gain vertical omni antenna (HG-2409U) directly connected.  This is in my attic (basically at the "3rd floor" level) and the attic roof is pretty transparent to RF.  You *may* hear this one. (it hears about 80 other access points).

N3ckf-Mesh-1a is on the map but they're both in the same location.  My guess is you will need gain antennas to link to these (I dont "hear" any other nodes around).   They're on 24x7 now.  NOthing gatewayed to them yet.  I'll be interested to see if i see anyone in the "previous neighbors" log especailly on the one in the attic which i believe is runnign legal limit power (36dbm with antenna gain factored in)

Happy hunting!

  Joe

  N3CKF

Thanks for catching that error! I probably wrote that in the wee hours of the morning one night in 2012. It has been fixed.

Thanks for your reply..

I figured out how to use two ports of my wrt54gl as vlan1 and vlan2. It works just fine.

I used DD-WRT for this to work.

The router is acting as a smart switch providing internet to the nanostationm2 or airgridm2 setup as internet gateway.

In case someone needs to use a spare wrt54gl as a managed switch, here is a simple setup:

1- do a hard reset.

2- go to SETUP-> VLANS

3- move the wan port to vlan 2

4- click apply.(wait 1 minute before continuing).

5- go to SETUP -> Networking page

6-  change the "WAN Port Assignment" from "vlan1" to "vlan2". If there is no "vlan2", reboot the router and check again.

7- Press the apply button

8- go to SETUP -> VLANS

9-  Move the desired ports from "vlan0" to "vlan1". I used ports 3 and 4 to provide vlans to ubiquiti routers. You can select two or one port to use as vlan, it is up to you.

10- Change Assigned to Bridge settings for vlan1 to LAN

11- Press the apply button and wait one minute before continuing.

12- go to SETUP -> Networking page and verify that the vlan1 interface is assigned to the br0

12- Click save and apply settings.

13- go to setup -> networking page and change "WAN port to Assignment " from "vlan1" to "vlan2" and press apply.

14- go to Administration -> commands and save the following script.

        nvram set wan_ifname=vlan2

        startservice wan

Wait two minutes and reboot the router... very important.

15 - go to SETUP -> VLANS

16- Scroll down to "Tagged" and select the ports you selected in step 9 as vlan1. For me I selected ports 3 and 4.

17- Press apply button and wait 2 minutes. After this I was able to assign ports 3 and 4 as vlans and ports 2 and 1 were still working as traditional LAN ports.

I also tried the same setup by assigning just port 4 as vlan1 and the 3 other LAN ports were still working just fine. Port 4 provided internet to any Ubiquiti device with one or two LAN ports.

Enjoy..

Credits to : DD-WRT tutorial on how to configure VLANS for 802.1q compability.

web page: www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Reconfigure_VLANs_for_802.1q_Compability

that is it... now you can plug the nanostation, the bullet or the airgrid lan ethernet cable into port 3 or 4 and it will act as a vlan.

Beware !!!

I can ping my router ip from different nodes. I can access my router GUI from any node in my network..

I think this is a bit scary if you open your network to everybody in a given community network...

Enjoy..