I have WRT54GL v1.1 router, has LINKSYS firmware, which file do I use?

Thanks,

Ray kb3fww

Sorry, I was reading way too much into the loading process.  Reconfigured four routers with no problems.  Two G's and 2 GL's.

Ok, I spent four hours playing with the routers (4), the OLSR button is grayed out. on all 4 routers.

Any help would be greatly accepted!

Later,

Ray kb3fww

Could the 2.4 GHz SSB Electronics Oscar 40 dish antenna be used with HSMM-Mesh?

It measures 20x44 and bolts together in the middle - so it may be shipped if I bought it.

I have not been able to find gain numbers yet ...

Thanks!

David

I'd like to control my recently-acquired Yaesu FT-450D wirelessly via HSMM-Mesh.

Is this possible?  We have an emcomm app here that needs this.

There doesn't seem to be much out there about wireless rig control using 220, 440, 900, etc and although distance is a challenge HSMM-Mesh seems a natural.

May I use flrig or some other Linux-friendly rig-control app?

I read that something like this was done in El Paso but didn't find details.

Thanks!

David

The GL I have has been refurbished, and with that Linksys gave it more space. Though we used the force_space option, the router needs to have at least 1.5MB of extra flash memory available. Without this the installation will not complete. Therefore, I would recommend anyone doing this to use a WRT54GS v1-v4 (pref. v1-v3).

Can you describe your configuration? It sounds like something like this:

AP ----- MESHNODE(gateway) ----- Internet

or is it more like

AP ----- MESHNODE <<<<<     >>>>> MESHNODE(gateway) ----- Internet

I did something similar to the second arrangement on Wednesday and had no issues going to http://localnode:8080/ as well as internet sites.

Are you able to go to the localnode page when directly plugged in or if the internet connection isn't plugged into the router?

Hi,

You'll want to look into commercial systems like Meraki or Open-Mesh.

HSMM-MESH is for amateur radio purposes.

--Chris, KU7PDX

Hello,

can anyone tell me if there is a  solution to manage or monitor all nodes in a given mesh network ?

Here is the problem:

I would like to setup a mesh in a small community of 7000 people. How can I manage 500 nodes for example ?

Things I would like to do when managing or monitoring are:

* deny access to a node if the user of the node violate policies.

* allocating bandwidth per nodes.

Thanks

I have an operational proof-of-concept network running in Fallbrook.  I'm looking for interest in the San Diego area.

Having an issue installing the packages ...  I also have the "option force_space" line in /etc/ipkg.conf

root@KJ4IZW-1:~# ipkg -force_space install libopenssl_0.9.8i-3.2_mipsel.ipk
Installing libopenssl (0.9.8i-3.2) to root...
ipkg: //usr/lib/ipkg/info/libopenssl.control: No space left on device

root@KJ4IZW-1:~# df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
none                      7.0M      2.5M      4.5M  36% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock/4           1.0M      1.0M         0 100% /jffs
mini_fo:/jffs             2.2M      2.2M         0 100% /

I was able to install the first 3 deps (libncurses, libpopt, zlib).

I see that /var is symlinked to /tmp ...    Can I put /usr (or a sub-dir of it) on /tmp as well?  Any recommendations?

Or am i doing something else wrong? Or is hardware insufficient?

This is on a WRT54GL v1.1 (S/N:CL7C) ....  I also have a WRT54G v2.0 (CDF5) mesh node.
Have a couple VOIP phones (PolyCom 501) arriving soon.

--david
KJ4IZW

I have a v7 wrt54g connected to my mesh node. This is allowing me to access the mesh via standard WiFI connection. I am able to bring up internet this way no problem.

In the past with the same set up I was able to pull up the localnode and meshh status pages the same way. I no longer can bring up the localnode on my WiFi connected device. Is this a change in the new firmware? if so it ruins 98% of what we planned to use the mesh for. Is there a workaround? any suggestions?

The Toronto, Ontario Forum welcomes you! 

Members and friends of the York Region Amateur Radio Club (YRARC) are building a HSMM-mesh for the northern Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The project commenced Oct 2012.

This mesh will be used primarily as an emergency communication backup system for EMCOM / ARES Regional government-support agencies. It may also be used for casual linking and testing by node owners.

If You Are Thinking of Building a Mesh- READ THIS FIRST:

 *Although mesh nodes communicate over Wi-Fi frequencies, they only talk to other mesh nodes on the wireless port.

*You can NOT use Wi-Fi to connect to a mesh node from your computer, netbook, smart phone or other wireless device. 

 For the YRARC website please visit: WWW.YRARC.ORG

There is also a Yahoo Groups forum used by the friends and members of YRARC.

Please visit at: groups.yahoo.com/group/yrarc/ 

Much of the HSMM-mesh discussion was happening on the Yahoo Group but will hopefully migrate to this Forum.

Those interested in discussing other Toronto Area mesh-cells are invited to post right here!

The HSMM-mesh provides an excellent introduction to microwave antennas, sighting and propagation.  It's a good introduction to Wi-Fi software, hardware set-up . It's best if used with an "off-grid" power supply, requires little current and is YOUR opportunity to participate in EMCOM /ARES  support. 

YRARC mesh nodes are being installed from the north end of City of Toronto (Steels Ave) to Northern York Region (Georgina). East from Markham and West to Allisiston Ontario. This will obviously change with time and will be mapped and displayed here.

Hope to see you on  Forum and On The Air!

73 es GL

Greg White VA3VFO

VE3FAX mesh FN04gf

Hello Brian, thank you for the link. It is indeed what I was looking for....

I'm going to fellow the instructions.

Thanks again... Regards, Chris

Chris, In the "HSMM-MESH Info" box on the left side of this page, there is an item labeled "HSMM Files". Scroll down near the bottom to "Hamcom 2011 Advanced Configuration by Rusty Haddock, AE5AE". That is the PDF file I was linking.  It appears the editor deleted my blank line before the "-Brian/KY9K" and that made it part of the link.

-Brian/KY9K

Hey folks,

Glad to see something going on with HSMM-Mesh in our area, even though we're a bit of distance apart.  I'm involved with a very active ARES group here in Hardin County, and we're just beginning to look at the possibilities of meshed networks for emergency comms with and between some of our served agencies.

I'm a network and Linux geek for a living, and have been using DD-WRT on a few routers for several years.  Excited to know that the Ham community has jumped on this concept and is putting it to work!  I have a couple test nodes set up to test with, and many others in our group are itching to get started and see how it can serve our ARES as well.  Hope to have a quick "proof of concept" presentation to the whole group at our next meeting a week from tonight.

I appreciate all the work that you guys and the rest of the folks here on the forum have done, and would love to have you guys the Henderson/Evansville group as a resource as far as finding out what works well and what may not work so great with implementing this.  Take care, and keep up the good work!

73, Doug, K4EK