Comments on: How to build a mesh network with WRT54Gs http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/ Alpha hacking my way through life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Henning http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-639 Henning Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:03:18 +0000 #comment-639 Hi! Anyone having hints on forcing olsr to go over ethernet instead of wlan? I have a location with 3 olsr-nodes (wrt54g) with directional antennas that I need to connect via lan. The nodes are running as 10.128.[4,5,6].1/24 I guess I have to setup LAN on the boxes box to 10.128.0.[4,5,6]/29 and just connect them, but how do I setup so trafic is going thru lan instead of wlan? The idea is to lower the load on the radios. (Later on different channels may be used, but not right now) I'm going to have the same problem later on at two other locations where I have 2 and 4-5 nodes running, but not with the high we have at our central point - our external connection ends there ;-) Thanx for any input Hi!

Anyone having hints on forcing olsr to go over ethernet instead of wlan?

I have a location with 3 olsr-nodes (wrt54g) with directional antennas that I need to connect via lan.

The nodes are running as 10.128.[4,5,6].1/24

I guess I have to setup LAN on the boxes box to 10.128.0.[4,5,6]/29 and just connect them, but how do I setup so trafic is going thru lan instead of wlan? The idea is to lower the load on the radios. (Later on different channels may be used, but not right now)

I’m going to have the same problem later on at two other locations where I have 2 and 4-5 nodes running, but not with the high we have at our central point - our external connection ends there ;-)

Thanx for any input

]]> By: Andrew http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-615 Andrew Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:36:24 +0000 #comment-615 Hi, Great how-to can you send me the link of the exact firmware you used. i cant quite find it. werd75na@gmail.com Hi,
Great how-to

can you send me the link of the exact firmware you used. i cant quite find it.
werd75na@gmail.com

]]> By: yaya http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-614 yaya Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:45:34 +0000 #comment-614 Hello! My english is not clear. After installing Freifunk 1.1.4 on my wrt54g, I have noticed a problem about gateway. It uses the LAN Ip to access internet. Then I need to connect the AP by ssh, type : #ip rooute replace default via 192.168.2.1 dev vlan1 192.168.2.1(an other router) is the gateway Ip of my network. But when I reboot the wrt54g, I loss the connexion and I must retype #ip route replace default via 192.168.2.1 dev vlan1 Could anybody help me fixing the default route? Thanks! Hello!
My english is not clear.

After installing Freifunk 1.1.4 on my wrt54g, I have noticed a problem about gateway. It uses the LAN Ip to access internet. Then I need to connect the AP by ssh, type :
#ip rooute replace default via 192.168.2.1 dev vlan1
192.168.2.1(an other router) is the gateway Ip of my network. But when I reboot the wrt54g, I loss the connexion and I must retype
#ip route replace default via 192.168.2.1 dev vlan1
Could anybody help me fixing the default route?
Thanks!

]]> By: yaya http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-613 yaya Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:13:45 +0000 #comment-613 Bonjour, J'ai installer freifunk 1.1.4 sur un wrt54g après toutes les config je me rend compte que j'ai un problème au niveau de ma route par defaut. Il prend l'ip du lan et pour accéder à internet il faut que je me connecte à l'AP en ssh et puis taper # ip route replace default via 192.168.2.1 dev vlan1 qui est l'adresse ip de la paserelle du reseau sur lequel je me connecte à internet (un autre routeur). Et si je redemarre mon wrt54g je perd la connexion et il me faut encore reprendre la ligne de commande. Merci de m'aider. Bonjour,
J’ai installer freifunk 1.1.4 sur un wrt54g après toutes les config je me rend compte que j’ai un problème au niveau de ma route par defaut. Il prend l’ip du lan et pour accéder à internet il faut que je me connecte à l’AP en ssh et puis taper # ip route replace default via 192.168.2.1 dev vlan1 qui est l’adresse ip de la paserelle du reseau sur lequel je me connecte à internet (un autre routeur). Et si je redemarre mon wrt54g je perd la connexion et il me faut encore reprendre la ligne de commande.
Merci de m’aider.

]]> By: davey http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-600 davey Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:35:17 +0000 #comment-600 Hi folks... To anyone that has gotten Chillispot to work with WDS, I am a bit stuck. I am the all-around IT person for a camp here in central Indiana and we just got our first outdoor 802.11 unit up and running with chillispot to enforce the network, but we would also like to use WDS to some repeaters out there. I get WDS to work ap to ap but since the iptables setup keeps the lan and wan apart I can't get a connection to the outside world. I figure there is something that needs to be added to the chillispot firewall script. If you've gotten it to work could you give me some pointers? My email is davidl@camptecumseh.org. thanks.. Hi folks…

To anyone that has gotten Chillispot to work with WDS, I am a bit stuck. I am the all-around IT person for a camp here in central Indiana and we just got our first outdoor 802.11 unit up and running with chillispot to enforce the network, but we would also like to use WDS to some repeaters out there. I get WDS to work ap to ap but since the iptables setup keeps the lan and wan apart I can’t get a connection to the outside world. I figure there is something that needs to be added to the chillispot firewall script.

If you’ve gotten it to work could you give me some pointers? My email is davidl@camptecumseh.org.

thanks..

]]> By: Henning http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-597 Henning Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:08:01 +0000 #comment-597 As long as the are link between some nodes, in a way that all are directly or inderictly connected, you can access any node. a b c d e also gives a connection between a and e You can get info on the olsr status-page on how connections are made. As long as the are link between some nodes, in a way that all are directly or inderictly connected, you can access any node.

a b c d e

also gives a connection between a and e

You can get info on the olsr status-page on how connections are made.

]]> By: David Schad http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-571 David Schad Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:55:08 +0000 #comment-571 om im going to try that today, also are all the nodes supposed to be able to access each other as i have a mail server running but only users connect via the first node can access it to which the mail server is attached to om im going to try that today, also are all the nodes supposed to be able to access each other as i have a mail server running but only users connect via the first node can access it to which the mail server is attached to

]]> By: Henning http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-567 Henning Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:15:16 +0000 #comment-567 What netmask are you using. You need a netmask that covers all the boxes. Eg /23 would cover these two. If you need more select a /22 or even bigger. My complete config on my 5-node test-setup can be found on http://wangerin.linux.dk/index.php/freifunk-config.php The ips _and_ netmask on wifi _and_ lan is important to see what is going wrong. That's why I chosen to have 192.168..* on NATted lan interfaces (at least for the first 254 devices ;-) and 10.128.0.0/16 on wifi (10.128.x.y/27 allocated for each router for incoming NAT and wifi-dhcp. That way the will never be a misconfig with the same adresses on lan and wifi. What netmask are you using. You need a netmask that covers all the boxes. Eg /23 would cover these two. If you need more select a /22 or even bigger.
My complete config on my 5-node test-setup can be found on
http://wangerin.linux.dk/index.php/freifunk-config.php

The ips _and_ netmask on wifi _and_ lan is important to see what is going wrong.
That’s why I chosen to have 192.168..* on NATted lan interfaces (at least for the first 254 devices ;-) and 10.128.0.0/16 on wifi (10.128.x.y/27 allocated for each router for incoming NAT and wifi-dhcp. That way the will never be a misconfig with the same adresses on lan and wifi.

]]> By: David Schad http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-566 David Schad Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:27:35 +0000 #comment-566 hi im using different ip the first box is 192.168.0.1 lan and 192.168.1.1 wifi i tried adding in the olsr dhcp setting to that effect but im not sure if i got them correct., its not the first box im having issues with its the subsequent boxes in the mesh i cant get to work. i can go wifi on the first box with the internet connectivity using a static address just fine,but the second node, no joy the second are 192.168.0.2 lan and 192.168.1.2 wifi and so on hi im using different ip the first box is 192.168.0.1 lan and 192.168.1.1 wifi
i tried adding in the olsr dhcp setting to that effect but im not sure if i got them correct., its not the first box im having issues with its the subsequent boxes in the mesh i cant get to work. i can go wifi on the first box with the internet connectivity using a static address just fine,but the second node, no joy the second are 192.168.0.2 lan and 192.168.1.2 wifi and so on

]]> By: Henning http://www.vdomck.org/2005/07/22/how-to-build-a-mesh-network-with-wrt54gs/#comment-564 Henning Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:48:28 +0000 #comment-564 What are the ips and masks you entered on the olsr, wireless and lan pages? I've just setup four nodes acourding to the notes above, and they worked on first hit What are the ips and masks you entered on the olsr, wireless and lan pages?
I’ve just setup four nodes acourding to the notes above, and they worked on first hit

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