WRT54GL version 1.1

Firmware: bbhn-1.0.0-wrt54g.bin

Noted lack of authorized keys in the key list.

Was not able to upload a key generated by putty key generator of type ssh-2RSA or ssh-1RSA of length 1024 bits.

error message "Error: file does not appear to be an ssh key file Authorized keys not changed."

A temp key file that was attempted to be uploaded.
---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
Comment: "rsa-key-20131023"
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAh0mRtDGdYMx86riJ2s97F1abxNqmSMa8MedF
qQYDtpXeVm65L4AxAeyFAXFbadry5FbRmb6xZE/Vz3r5F3LfJYOXBkKw0FFqaV91
9CdKSgJhcehwGCQ5BapuPg4Oo77oACqOxkFkjf1XsKipNWjgSuS3Fui67NHRCN/L
oBNos2U=
---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

Ultimately, it is the owner of the Internet gateway node who has to keep inappropriate content off of the mesh. For this reason, I do not plan to provide Internet access from my node that could do it. Likewise, the solution should be implemented at the gateway, not on all nodes.

No one should provide complete, unsupervised access to the Internet from his or her node. This is just asking for trouble.

There are ways that the Internet can be used. Each would have its own issues to deal with.

1. Run a email server that can take email from the mesh and route it through the Internet, and vice versa.

2. Run an echolink node that can be accessed from the mesh.

3. Run a proxy server with a white list, and ad stipping scripts (I don't remember what it was called, but I once had a proxy server (browser add-on, maybe) that took an incoming web page and "cleaned it up" before displaying it in the browser.  The clean up was configurable, but it could remove ads of known dimensions (banner ads) and remove tracking devices (1x1 pixel transparent jpegs).

The last one might require modification to the BBHN node software.  The way I understand it, Internet access is provided by the "closest" gateway node.  If you could pick the gateway node, different nodes could offer different Intenet content.

Offering an Internet gateway should not be done without understanding what it means.  It looks like you are asking some of the right questions.  Good luck to you.

73 de KG1l
Karl

First, let me say I connected my pc directly to one of the nodes (which was connected to my home network).  I could use the Internet through my home network router (gateway).  I could also connect to the remote node by clicking on the link.  Unfortunately, the home printer is connected to that pc. No one else could use the printer. I put my pc back on my home network.

I found an article on the OHIO PACKET website (http://ohiopacket.org/index.php/Integrating_HSMM-MESH_into_an_existing_network) about "Integrating HSMM-MESH into an existing network.

Following the directions, I added 10.0.0.0 to the routing table on my home router, pointing to the local IP address of the node.  I added both of my nodes to the HOSTS file on my pc.

Now, I can successfully ping both of the nodes using both IP addresses and node names (as listed in the host table).

I can connect by name to the node connected to my home net.  However, I still cannot connect to the remote node by name (URL), neither directly from the browser (Firefox), nor from the other node.

I have flushed the DNS cache, restarted Firefox, and rebooted the computer.  While I try to avoid using IE, I suppose I should see if it works from there.

Any one have any other suggestions?

Or can you point me somewhere where I can learn about connecting to a remote printer?

73 de KG1L

Karl

I did and still the same thing. No respose.

John Donaldson

AB8YZ

Just installed firmware to my second node. I went through he node name and pwd change. I save the changes and reboot. after the reboot, I accessed the router and the status page showed up, normal. When I tried to access the Setup,WiFi Scan, or OLSR Status pages, nothing happens. I can access the pages by going through my first node. Any Ideas.

I have 2 nodes. Node A is connected to the 1 port..
Node B is outside with external antenna.

When I do status check node A looks fine, Node B shows as being an IP number and I cant connect to it.

I bring node B inside and it shows the correct name instead of an IP

Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong?

Thank You.

Everything looks right. As well, mine looks the same. In "5-Host Direct," the BBHN node allocates 5 consecutive IP addresses (apart from the WiFi address) for its own LAN ports on the back of the router. Maybe if there is a problem, I am not understanding what it is.

Oh yes I'm fully aware of the fact that many sites use multiple domains for content and that it's not quite as simple as saying aprs.fi is open. I was just giving an example. The ads are one of the categories I would set the content filter(s) to block. Blocking some components of a site can end up breaking the layout of some sites... we sometimes have trouble with wikipedia when schools block too many/the wrong categories.

Yes all of this can and should be done. My point with this was to see if it was possible to have it built into the mesh firmware for the next version. Until then I plan on using another solution in-line between the ISP and the internet port on the gateway node(s). This could be one I build from scratch (which I'd like to avoid) or something like pfsense or endian community. I've also talked to one of the eastern US sales reps for smoothwall and may be able to get their software free or dramatically discounted if I'm willing to do a case study writeup... we'll see how that goes.

I installed the firmware on a WRT54GL and everything was going well. I can still access the router but the LAN IP address is incorrect (10.???.???.???)and I can not change it. The router is in mesh mode the wireless side is fine. Tried re-flashing from setup-administration but that does not work. I'm sure this is a simple fix. Included is the Mesh Status and Setup.

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 Mesh setup.JPG [114 KB] ::

I got two 54G boxes. One is a V1.0 and already programmed as a Mesh Node.
The second box is a V3.0. I accessed the default Linksys page, went to Administration, Firmware Upload, and uploaded the latest version of the HSMM-MESH firware. It came back and said firmware installed. I then did a 30-30-30 procedure and waited for the node to complete. Then I took my Win8 laptop, set the wi-fi to airplane mode, set the built in IP port to 172,27.0.100 and SubNet to 255.255.255.0.
I then hooked the Cat 5 able to the LAN port, fired up Firefox and attempted to link to http://172.27.0.2:8080/ with no results. It comes back and says that it can not find the address and port. So I tried the V1.0 node that I had programmed back in Dallas a year ago and was working then but got the same message from the browser. i then activated a CMD window and tried to ping 172,27.0.2 and got no response that it even exist. I got the same result with the V1.0 node too.
When I activate the wi-fi on the Win8 laptop, I can see the wi-fi ports on both the V1.0 and V3.0 nodes. I can even connect but no displays.

Any thoughts as to what I am doing or not doing?

John Donaldson
AB8YZ

I'm piecing together a solar powered Mesh Node in my car that I take to Dayton each year. It'll be in the flea market parking area NorthWest of the flea market. Are any other attendees planning on bringing a node with them?

AC2IE,

Did you run across any issues using the HSMM-Pi admin application?

I can't seem to get past the initial Save of the admin application.  I lose 'wlan0'.  I'm using an Alpha AWUS036H wifi adapter plugged into a Pluggable 7 hub. The Pi is plugged into the Pluggable for power and a second time for the 7 USB ports. I can get into the admin application right after "sh install.sh".  However, after the first Save and Reboot, wlan0 is lost and so is access to the application.  (Using 'WiFi Config' in Pi's browser (Midori) to look for wlan0.)

It's probably something simple I'm doing wrong, but since it's my first use of Raspberry Pi, I don't know what that might be.  I'm running the admin application through Midori, and SSH from Ubuntu on my laptop.  Same problem either way.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Dan