I was trying to find some hardware to run the HSMM-MESH software/firmware on. The Linksys WRT54g I have collecting dust is a version 6, and no joy for this project(yet). I could scour e-bay/Amazon for one that will fit the bill, but  in my opinion, it is a dated router technology even if it is still somewhat  effective to a degree. 

I like the Ubiquiti products yet that is beyond my capable price range at  the moment. In my spare router drawer (yup I have one), I began cross checking  the models on OpenWRT(the basis for HSMM-MESH) table of hardware website for  supported routers. As it so happens I have an off brand(labeled) router that  I was able to get OpenWRT loaded onto. In my research of this device, it runs  the same/similar chip-set as the Ubiquiti Bullet series(AR7240) and appears to have similar hardware to them as well. 

My basic understanding of router devices from different companies running similar/same chip-sets is that they will likely handle the same instruction set,  yet have differences in things such as GPIO settings (Leds, Status Lights, Buttons, Active Low or Active High ETC.)

I would be willing to test this router of mine to attempt at expanding possible candidates to other hams, for additional hardware to the Broadband-Hamnet  community. My router is basically a Netgear WNR612 v2, while it doesn't have external antennas, I figured I could still mess around with it. 
My thought was to perhaps take the current ubiquiti Bullet M .bin file, strip the 32byte header and "upgrade" the OpenWRT to the HSMM-MESH software/firmware.

I'm looking for input from you Developers to see If this is plausible or if I am even on the right track. I am no developer, and certainly wouldn't make any claim to being a coder. I love the work that everyone has put into this project.

I hope this all makes sense to the people reading it. I hope it wasn't too much to take in.  

    Thank You,     

Jeremy

Due to the censorship of the mods I have removed the entire post. They removed my solution and a reply, I find no use with BBHN because of this.

Sad thing is nothing that was posted violated any of the rules.

Greetings all and Happy New Year. I've decided to leave the MESH world and return to my first love of HF DX instead. I'm also shutting down my Echolink node on 2M and will replace that with a more versatile Asterisk node. To do that I need to buy several Raspberry Pi modules. 

I'm a Ham on a fixed income with nothing that's "disposable" for hobby activities so I'm selling off all 10 of my Linksys WRT54G and GS routers on eBay. The prices will start off pretty low, $15 and $25, so if you want an entry into this technology this might be a cheap way to learn the cool things MESH networks can do. I know I did. You can read more details when the eBay sales show up. And, no, I'm not doing any private deals.

I also have a lot of notes and references that I will scan that will help others get going with a minimum of fuss and bother. I'll include all my notes with each node I sell. These notes will augment what you will find on this web site here.

And with that I wish everybody a great year. (Now if it would only warm up again in Arizona).

73 - Wil - AB9U 

Cottonwood, AZ

Just a suggestion here and if it's a bad one just say so.

A few days ago I was bidding on some UN Rocket M2's...a batch of 5. Eventually the price got too high for me to justify the purchase to the family CFO :)

Anyway, I just want to suggest that if you are bidding on a batch that you may want to post a quick note to the forum in case another forum member may be thinking about bidding against you. Maybe you can work something out on the side as not to rack up the price. The cost of postage is likely a lot less than increasing the bid.

Of course there is the option of going into the bid with some fellow hams in your area, but may still want to post a note just so hams aren't competing against other hams.

Just a thought.

73, KG5AXF, Anthony

Howdy!

Before I go off an reinvent the wheel, I was wondering if there is already a linked device dashboard that has been created? I know that you can view a list of closest or linked nodes. What I was looking for is a dashboard where I can see pertinent information on all nodes under my control? Basically a web page that could reside on on an RPi that would poll nodes and maybe even sweep LAN IP ranges to discover connected devices.

Thanks,

73, KG5AXF, Anthony

Houston

Are there any Palm Beach County, FL Hams interested in forming a mesh? I am interested but do not want to invest if no other interest in the area.

Bill

KD4GJM

You use the 12-pin connector.

Source: http://tiaowiki.com/w/Debrick_Routers_Using_JTAG_Cable

On a WRt54G, which jumper do you use, JP1 12 pin or JP2 10 pin?

This is expected behavior. With M3 or M5 units, changes are permitted because there is no legacy compatibility to maintain. With the M2 line, Ubiquiti hardware can do things that Linksys hardware can't do. For example, wider or more narrow channel widths are not supported by Linksys. The closed driver support for the Broadcom chipset probably does some additional tricks. The problem is that without documentation like the Atheros chipsets offer, how to do these tasks is not easy to find out.

We have provided a method to side step this problem. If you change the default SSID (and create a separate, non-compatible network in the process) the software in M2 devices can save a different channel bandwidth.

This is one feature inserted to protect "one network, works everywhere" compatibility in the 2Ghz band. We realize that most users will continue to use default values in this band and the restriction makes sense. If you have specific reasons to create a separate network, you may do so by changing the SSID. As you do so, the other changes can be saved as well.

On our mesh we have Ubiuity bullets, Ubiquity Nanostation M2, and Ubiquity Nanobridge M5.

We are able to change channel width on the M5 from 20mhz to 10mhz or even 5mhz.

These options show as available on the bullet or Nanostation, but the device will not save the configuration away from 20mhz and reports that it is not available.

We are using V3.1 on all devices.

Thanks for your feedback