I was able to get an old version of OLSR Switch working with BBHN on my laptop.

This one:

http://www.olsr.org/releases/0.5/olsrd-0.5.6-r3-pre-cac1df64dcd5-setup.exe

Found here:

http://www.olsr.org/?q=download

... is apparently the last binary they posted on olsr.org for windows. They are currently on V0.6.6, and you can go through some back flips to set up a development environment and compile it, but I have not gotten that to work so far. But the last binary does work. Id be very excited to find someone who can compile it - maybe you can post it on  hsmm-mesh.org for general consumption?

I connected to BroadbandHamnet-v1 using my built in wifi, went in and configured a static IP in the 10.x.x.x range (used the LSB triple of the MAC address for x.x.x). Then I fired up OLSR Switch. In the interfaces window, I checked on the 10.x.x.x address of my wifi interfaces and clicked off all the other interfaces. Then I hit Start. In the nodes tab I could immediately see my lone QTH node. I checked to see if I could ping it and that was good. Then I connected to the GUI interface with the web browser. That was good. Its all good! Windows on the mesh!!

I am going use OLSR Switch with a USB WIFI adapter so I can use two wifi interfaces at the same time (one for Part 15 and one for Part 97). Then I am going to write a little batch script to run under Cygwin and nc to put out hamcall beacon packets every 5 minutes to keep it all Part 97.

This is very good! I have been irritated about having to connect to the ethernet to use the node when I am around the house but not in the hamshack.

Now I need to figure out how to get it onto my old obsolete android phone and tablet.... and this looks promising...

https://guardianproject.info/builds/OLSRMeshTether/

I suspect that only the latest olsr versions support IPV6 and that would be highly preferable to making up a 10. IPV4 address and increase the risk of an eventual address collision. But right now I cant get it to compile.

Cheers;

Bob KV4PC

Just keep in mind that it works with sd-cards <2gb, as over 2gb is SDHC>.

I've written an article on getting SDHC cards working and have compiled driver to get them mounted and writable. Take a look here:
http://hsmm-mesh.org/hsmm-mesh-forums/view-postlist/forum-2-hardware/topic-253-wrt54g-tm-mmhcsdhc-card-support.html

Just keep in mind that BBHN cannot be loaded on anything over v4 routers. As these routers use vxworks. Even if you upgrade the memory, you still have to find a work around for vxworks (which can be painful).
http://hsmm-mesh.org/section-blog/37-hardware-faqs/101-supported-hardware.html

Came across a similar problem when I was trying to get a WRT54G-RG going. No problem getting the ddt-wrt firmware installed. Just would not load the bin in the next step. Tried all kinds of things, 30/30/30, just would not take the upload. The SSID would not change so to me that verified the software did not upload. When I manually reset the router, it would not ask me for the newly assigned username/password, it would just log me in directly so something is messed.

Then reading a response in this thread regarding FireFox, so I do remember something similar happening to me in another application so, after a few days with the router off, I opened up Internet Explorer logged in to ddt-wrt using the correct new username/password I assigned, and proceeded to upload the GS version of the bin. Immediately I saw a difference in the response, the 299s timer was counting down and in the background you could see the progress bar actually progressing. This all looked like it suppose to look when updating. Sure enough, leaving the router alone it did reset on it's and monitoring the SSID with a wifi analyser, "MeshNode" appeared instead of" ddt-wrt" and this of course it was it should be.

So as much as we like FireFox, IE still has it's place. That's all the problem was.

I was wondering if anyone has attempted to use either of these types of device?

"Still in the learning phase"

Thanks

Rick

maybe a better way to go http://www.yourwarrantyisvoid.com/2009/09/09/add-an-sd-card-slot-to-a-wrt54g-v2/

Just keep in mind that it works with sd-cards <2gb, as over 2gb is SDHC.

For more info on my rig you can see my antenna setup at this link

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42795/20131027_120709.jpg

And this is all you can see from the antenna

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42795/20131027_120802.jpg

you can find the location of the rig on the map at

http://www.hsmm-mesh.org/googlemapped-mesh-nodes.html

The HowTo for GRE tunneling can now be downloaded from the link below. This will be updated when needed so be sure to check in from time to another.

http://www.ssra.se/upload/hsmm%20scripts.pdf

The HowTo for GRE tunneling can now be downloaded from the link below. This will be updated when needed so be sure to check in from time to another.

http://www.ssra.se/upload/hsmm%20scripts.pdf

I´ve now setup the first mobile HSMM node with GRE tunneling using Telia 3G connection.

The setup is powered from the car internal battery. The node itself is connected using the WAN (eth0.1) towards a Sonicwall TZ200 that has an Huawei 3G modem attached.

The node itself is configured for GRE tunneling and connects to my central SM7I-GRE node at home, as well as other remote nodes do.

From the LAN side of the mobile node there´s a regular AP connected that broadcasts it´s SSID to which any mobile device like laptop, smartphone or other devices can connect thus reaching the whole mesh.

The diversity antennas are replaced by regular magmount antennas tailored for the 13cm band.

This works just fine and is a perfect solution for field-days and such.

Also, the complete setup is tactically packaged in such way that it can easily be removed and carried or moved to another car.

For up2date documentation and instructions on how to setup GRE tunneling between nodes that do not have RF path, just drop me an email.

I will be publishing this on a website in the long run, but has just not got the time yet.

sm7i.ham@gmail.com