thanks

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:36 AM, Pau <pau@dabax.net> wrote:
There is a mailing list for bmx6 but it is not very active [1].
Actually most of the bmx6 discussions are happening in this list (LiMe)
and/or the qMp mailing list [3].

You can also use the github interface to open issues [2]

Cheers.

[1] https://lists.bmx6.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bmxd
[2] http://github.com/axn/bmx6
[3] http://qmp.cat

On 23/02/16 21:47, Richard Maliwatu wrote:
> thanks, that's very helpful. Apart from this mailing list,is there a bmx6
> forum somewhere or a bmx6 online community that someone working with/on
> BMX6 can join?
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Pau <pau@dabax.net> wrote:
>
>> It is probably because the network interfaces you are trying to use are
>> down. You can make a very simple test like this (from scratch):
>>
>> 1) Remove the current configuration: mv /etc/config/bmx6
>> /etc/config/bmx6.old
>>
>> 2) Start bmx6 daemon without configuring any network interface: bmx6
>>
>> 3) Now you can use "bmx6 -c" to talk with the daemon
>>
>> 4) Bring up a network interface, for instance: ip link set eth0 up
>> You can also use an existing WiFi network device or also the br-lan, do
>> not worry, bmx6 won't remove any IP already configured in such devices
>>
>> 5) Add the network interface to bmx6: bmx6 -c dev=eth0
>>
>> 6) Check the current config status with: bmx6 -cp
>>
>> Bmx6 has added a new IPv6 address to your network interface, you don't
>> have to worry about it. Check it with: ip addr show eth0
>> You'll find something like this
>> inet6 fd66:66:66:2:120b:a9ff:fe7b:23c0/64 scope global
>>
>> So if you connect another device to the network interface and you do the
>> same, both nodes will be already connected via bmx6 (check it with bmx6
>> -c links). You can add as many network interfaces as you want.
>>
>> If you want to save the configuration, just execute: uci commit bmx6
>> And you will see the changes made on /etc/config/bmx6
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> On 23/01/16 23:24, Richard Maliwatu wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm trying to configure bmx6. Using the basic configuration specified in
>>> the wiki[1], I got the error:
>>>
>>> [18958        0] ERROR dev_if_fix: No global IP for dev=wlan3 !
>>> DEACTIVATING !!!
>>> [18958        0] WARN  dev_check: not using interface wlan3 (retrying
>>> later): DOWN CHANGED ila=0 iln=0
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd like some hints on setting the global IP for bmx. Also, what is the
>>> format for the globalPrefix and llocalPrefix? I'll be happy to look at a
>>> sample config file ~/etc/config/bmx6. When I use the luci web interface
>>> using the <network>/<length> format, I get invalid llocalPrefix. Any
>>> examples of globalPrefix as well as llocalPrefix values?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> [1] https://github.com/axn/bmx6/blob/master/README.md
>>>
>>>
>>>
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