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Subject :Re:Spring thoughts and HSMM..
2013-06-30- 05:09:09
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River City Meshers
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Spring thoughts and HSMM
That would be cool. I am trying to get something set and going in Paducah, Ky. |
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Subject :Instability..
2013-06-29- 22:28:04
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Hi all, In hope that anyone can shine a light on my problem, I post my findings here.
I´ve set up 4 (four) WRT54GL routers with HSMM-MESH firmware. All routers are v.1.1 and has been serving as regular routers before so I know they are OK from a HW and radio perspective.
THe issue I have is that the mesh seems unconditionally unstable. Some router cannot see the mesh at all, others can hook up with another mesh for a short while and then loose the connection resulting in that the neighboring node just sits in the list of previous neighbors forever.
I´ve tried to manually synchronize the time and date of the units, but with no success so apparantly the time and date is not cruicial for the function.
One of the routers is a gateway node and connected to internet using WAN port, the others are just loose nodes without any wired connections.
Has anyone else experienced this and have a solution to the problem ?
I also should mention that the nodes are spread out in my house so the range is absolutely no issue here. |
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Subject :Re:HamChat Server..
2013-06-29- 06:14:12
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HamChat Server
To the right of the port forwarding, you type in the name of what the link will be/show (I have IRC CHAT as mine), then check the box to make it a clickable link, then irc before the ://NODENAME and finally after the : 6667 for the port, leaving the box after the last / blank
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Subject :Re:HamChat Server..
2013-06-29- 05:48:45
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HamChat Server
I just wanted to say thanks for the awesome chat room! (and to others who donated additional info for this app.) I am trying encourage others to make a mesh in my area and this provides a quick high value addition to spur interest.
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-28- 19:20:06
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Problems & Answers
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Newly installed MESH node
Hi all,
Just want to tell you that I successfully installed IP-GRE for IPtunnel on my WRT54GL 1.1 which makes it possible to establish a more versatile VPN between two devices.
I did modify the /etc/ipkg.conf with the following (commenting out the hsmm-mesh packages temporarily)
src release http://hsmm-mesh.org/download/kamikaze/7.09/brcm-2.4/packages #src packages http://hsmm-mesh.org/download/kamikaze/7.09/packages/mipsel
src packages http://downloads.openwrt.org/whiterussian/packages
dest root /
dest ram /tmp
Issued: ipkg update
Then I simply installed the kmod-gre by issuing: ipkg install kmod-gre
After that I issued: insmod ip_gre
To be sure it all holds up I rebooted at this point
Then I issued (for test purposes): iptunnel add gre1 mode gre local 10.42.43.224 remote 192.168.10.1 ttl 225
Please note that the IP adresses seen above should be the ones on the WAN sides....
After this we can verify that the new interface exists by issuing just: iptunnel
Now we need to assign IP addresses to our new GRE interface like so:
ifconfig gre1 10.10.10.2/24 ifconfig gre1 up ifconfig gre1 multicast ifconfig gre1 pointopoint 10.10.10.1
Now we just have to issue some route statements that specify what network we want to connect to and that the new GRE interface should be used.
route add -net 172.27.1.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev gre1
Ofcourse, don´t forget to configure both ends :) |
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Subject :Stuck in AP Mode..
2013-06-28- 16:05:23
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Stuck in AP Mode
I'm not sure you really want to do a 30/30/30 reset. However, there is a description of how to do it here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Hard_reset_or_30/30/30 BTW, there's a LOT of info on WRT-54G on the DD-WRT and Open WRT project web pages. Also the Wikipedia WRT-54 page is pretty good, too.
[KB0YLQ 2013-06-28- 07:47:32]: Can you tell me how to do a 30/30/30 reset? I dont see where to do this at, and my router is stuck in ap mode too. I too was playing with the modes. |
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Subject :Re:San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club..
2013-06-28- 11:28:00
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Subject :Re:Stuck in AP Mode..
2013-06-28- 07:52:56
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Stuck in AP Mode
The AP home page must be different from the mesh node home page. Try 172.27.0.2:8080 then go back to mesh node mode. -Glenn KD5MFW |
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Subject :Re:Stuck in AP Mode..
2013-06-28- 07:47:32
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Can you tell me how to do a 30/30/30 reset? I dont see where to do this at, and my router is stuck in ap mode too. I too was playing with the modes. |
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Subject :Re:Connecticut..
2013-06-28- 00:34:02
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General
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Connecticut
I'm in Preston (FN41an). I will be getting a Mesh very soon. CT is tough for anything digital. I've also have on pre-order the new UDR56K-4 Digital Radio from K7VE. I am the only one in CT that has one coming. |
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 20:37:54
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Problems & Answers
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Newly installed MESH node
sri, slipped on the keyboard :) should be wx5u ofcourse....
OK, I see what you write...I´m having trouble getting my hand on the GS model though. I suppose it´s back to try the rPi solution even if we end up with an additional piece of hardware....
I´ll look around and see if there´s any HW hack to expand the GL momory though... |
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Subject :Re:Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 20:09:52
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Newly installed MESH node
What do you mean by "vx55?" The WRT-54GL routers have the same 16/4 MB memory as all the other mesh compatible WRT-54 routers. The current tunnel code doesn't fit in 16/4 MB. Only the WRT-54GS versions 1 through 3 have the higher 32/8 MB memory and can hold the tunnel code.
It might be possible to optimize and recompile the software to get the tunnel code to run on a standard 16/4 MB WRT-54GL router. As always, we suffer from too many projects, not enough manpower.
[SM7I 2013-06-27- 18:58:40]: vx55 de sm7i, yes, it´s absolutely a way to do it, but for me and a few of my fellow hams it seems that if it could be incorporated into atleast the GL models, as we run, it would be a neat small package in a single unit. Simplicity is what we should strive for I think...it is always a winning concept. |
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I'm not part of the development team, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I'm also easily confused.
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 18:58:40
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vx55 de sm7i, yes, it´s absolutely a way to do it, but for me and a few of my fellow hams it seems that if it could be incorporated into atleast the GL models, as we run, it would be a neat small package in a single unit. Simplicity is what we should strive for I think...it is always a winning concept. |
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 18:56:11
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Hi Glenn,
I would be happy to betatest any release you got if that´s OK with you. |
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 11:19:14
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It occurs to me that the tunneling node doesn't need to be a router or even have a wireless interface. Something like a Raspberry Pi could easily run tunneling software if someone ported it to the Pi. For those who don't already know, the current tunneling software won't run on the standard WRT-54G because it needs more memory. You have to have a router such as one of the WRT-54GS versions 1-3 with more memory.
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Subject :Re:Re:Asterisk-DUNDi MESH..
2013-06-27- 10:22:22
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Asterisk-DUNDi MESH
I had a feeling that would probably be the case because of the fact that you have to specify where DUNDi is supposed to look for the other Asterisk server. If you could make Asterisk announce to the mesh that it has Asterisk+DUNDi installed (maybe by scanning the Mesh Status page for "Asterisk+DUNDi" as a service), you could write a script that looks for that announcement, gets the needed information (MAC and IP Address) from that HSMM-MESH node and adds it to and reloads the Asterisk+DUNDi configuration and extension files. That sounds like a solution that could work! |
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 08:08:50
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Users are welcome to work to set up their own tunneling system. We hope to have a tunnel package ready to release soon - possibly in a few weeks but we need to clear up some problems that cause it to drop connection at times. -Glenn KD5MFW |
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 07:01:11
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Hi Glenn,
Thanks for the very rapid answer. I forgot that the nodes use adhoc, sri :) Ofcourse other devices cannot see it then if they expect infrastructure mode....
Very embarrasing for me since I work as a networking professional :)
Very well, now I will configure the second node and start to play with it.
One other question, I am in the southern part of Sweden and a few friends of mine, also hams, lives in northern Sweden. Our main plan is to connect to eachother by some means so naturally my question is if you know of any IP tunneling package we can install on the routers or if we should use regular IPSec through our firewalls ? |
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Subject :Re:Newly installed MESH node..
2013-06-27- 06:26:58
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The mesh firmware changes the device from running as an Access Point in Infrastructure mode, to a mesh node running in adhoc mode. It is very a different device. Some systems do not display devices in adhoc mode. They only show Access Points. Most computers looking to link wirelessly are looking for Access Points. Look up Access Point and Infrastructure mode of wi-fi and then look up adhoc mode for wi-fi. Very different. Mesh nodes will link to mesh nodes with similar software. Your windows 7 box is probably expecting to connect to an Access Point. Mesh nodes run in adhoc mode, then further build on that mode for a new kind of wireless device. Your windows 7 box cannot directly connect to the mesh node. It is not a mesh node and is using a different protocol. Hope this helps. -Glenn KD5MFW |
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Subject :Re:Tunnel linked nodes..
2013-06-27- 06:21:31
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Yes, that would be of interest to me as well.... |
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