lime December 2018

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by bruno vianna

Hello meshies I know everybody is having fun at Battle Mesh, but if someone could take a look at this I' d really appreciate. I really have my eyes on the C50, as it seems to be the cheapest dual-band on the market now. I can get on in Brazil for less than 40 USD! Last week I bought one which I later found out to be an unsupported V2. But now I got a V1, and it almost works. If it works, I'll the buy about 10 for an installation in two weeks. The problem seems to be with 802.11. The 2.4Ghz radio does not work in ad-hoc mode - although the 5Ghz radio does. Then I don't know if it's related, but when it meshes with a WDR3500, the Internet is painfully slow, with some ping times about 1000-2000 milliseconds. Pinging from the LiMe gateway at the same time gives me a steady 57ms. Perhaps a different driver should be used? Attached is a file with information gathered from the router. A few other oddities (not as important as the issue above): - Could not flash from stock directly with the compiled LiMe. I had to first use this openwrt [1], then LiMe - When I flash from the firmware above with the LiMe I compiled or the download Lede, I get the message: " It appears that you try to flash an image that does not fit into the flash memory, please verify the image file! Size: 7.63 MB (7.62 MB available)" It works fine, tough. - The firmware I cooked with my community settings (using cooker) won't go through to the Internet, and gives this ESSID instead of my community's:{{NETWORK_NAME}} (although it meshes with the LiMe gateway) - The firmware I cooked without community settings connects to the Internet through the LiMe gateway with the sluggish times above. Thanks! [1] http://dl.eko.one.pl/luci/chaos_calmer/ramips/luci-15.05-ramips-mt7620-Arch… -- bruno(a)pobox.com ▀─█▄██▄▀▄ http://brunovianna.net ─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄ skype: randomico▀─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄▌██─█▌█▌

4 years, 10 months

[lime-users] Fwd: By Jan. 31st: Submit a Solution to the Global Maker Challenges on Digital Divide & Sustainable Cities

by Brian Russell

MIT Solve seems like it might be a good source of funding for libremesh, guifi.net and librerouter: https://mailchi.mp/solve.mit.edu/submit-a-solution-global-maker-challenges-… it may be best to make a coalition, as the funding is big but these things tend to take a lot of effort.

5 years, 3 months

[lime-users] Fwd: GSoC 2019 announced

by Ilario Gelmetti

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Battlemesh] GSoC 2019 announced (Battlemesh Digest, Vol 104, Issue 7) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:16:35 +0100 From: Andreas Br?u <ab(a)andi95.de> Reply-To: battlemesh(a)ml.ninux.org To: Battle of the Mesh Mailing List <battlemesh(a)ml.ninux.org> Hi there, on Tuesday Google announce GSoC 2019. Org applications will start on January 15 2019. Until then we have time to update the projects page at https://projects.freifunk.net/#/projects Please add new ideas to the page, update the existing or delete the obsolete ones. Changes to the projects can be made at https://github.com/freifunk/projects.freifunk.net-contents You can find the timeline at https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline If you have any questions, please get in touch with me or write an email to gsoc-org-admins(a)freifunk.net Best regards, Andi

5 years, 4 months

Re: [lime-users] Online editor for network-profiles

by kikigazze＠autoproduzioni.net

Il 2018-12-12 16:45 bruno vianna ha scritto: > The old version of chef is very good in this sense. The community > would write a name in the web form and it would generate a default > firmware with the name as SSID. After creating it, you could edit > individual files in the firmware using other web forms. > > https://chef.altermundi.net/network/create/ > > It was very friendly for the communities we worked with. I have to say that is true. Probably the networkprofile add other features, but is missing a part to manage it easily for comunity or to introduce how to do starting by the skills needed in the other version . So for my esperience was easy to use the first version. because for example I create our network when exist the old verion of the chef: with ESSID name fermenti.bo.ninux And wheh I went to add other nodes.. a year ago..I discovered in that moment that was no more possible use the chef in the same way.. so now we have two islands of our network. We are not so much that we manage the network and the most are rural people that are ok to flash antennas (the doc is translated:) but not to write configuration without a documentation. So I tryed starting from this https://github.com/libremesh/network-profiles/tree/master/libremesh and as written in the readme the stuff broke.. .and I postponed to do and fix until forget. humm so at least I never yet create a networkprofile :) I could be a good tester. and I'm a frontend dev if you need help in web interface I can help. there will be a meeting in CCC? ciao ignifugo > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 2:39 PM Paul Spooren <mail(a)aparcar.org> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> as mentioned in my previous mail, Chef should work again. However, >> editing network-profiles aka lime-defaults is not the easiest thing >> to >> do (as it introduces git, GitHub, uci, more?). My idea would be to >> setup a simple web page that generates the lime-defaults file and >> automatically creates a network-profile packages. >> >> Please let me know what values you'd like to change and what you >> think >> of this idea in general. My primary focus is to allow users a dead >> simple way to get their own mesh up and running. >> >> Best, >> Paul >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lime-users mailing list >> lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org >> https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users > > -- > > bruno(a)pobox.com ▀─█▄██▄▀▄ > http://brunovianna.net [1] ─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄ > skype: > randomico▀─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄▌██─█▌█▌ > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://brunovianna.net/ > _______________________________________________ > lime-users mailing list > lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org > https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users

5 years, 4 months

[lime-users] Online editor for network-profiles

by Paul Spooren

Hey all, as mentioned in my previous mail, Chef should work again. However, editing network-profiles aka lime-defaults is not the easiest thing to do (as it introduces git, GitHub, uci, more?). My idea would be to setup a simple web page that generates the lime-defaults file and automatically creates a network-profile packages. Please let me know what values you'd like to change and what you think of this idea in general. My primary focus is to allow users a dead simple way to get their own mesh up and running. Best, Paul

5 years, 4 months

[lime-users] bug on chef.altermundi.net

by guifipedro

when registering account, it points to http://chef.mesh.altermundi.net/accounts/activate/myhash but correct URL is http://chef.altermundi.net/accounts/activate/myhash "get the code" points to a redmine with expired certificate (Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 5:27:29 AM). I think the project is orphaned (without maintainer, right?), but can you confirm that this is the url to collaborate? https://colectivo.altermundi.net/projects/chef

5 years, 4 months

[lime-users] Chef with network profiles

by Paul Spooren

Hey all, after various long (and fun) discussions on how to handle network- profiles, we solved it for now by introducing a third file. However cares for the details, check this out[0]. Good thing is, chef.libremesh.org not only moved to a faster server, but also supports these network profiles again. Therefore, push something to libremesh/network-profiles, wait some 15 minutes and it will be available as a network profile in Chef. As this is a feature of the 18.06.1-dev branch, I removed the broken ones. Please feel free test this and complain in case of troubles. As always, best by opening issues on GitHub! Sunshine, Paul [0]: https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/commit/4948f17340e0e3f097530f16b…

5 years, 4 months

Re: [lime-users] Xiaomi Router 3G [MI R3G] performing beyond all expectations

by norðurljósahviða

[please someone accept my request from nz(a)os.vuas i’ve had to reconfigure my old account just to participate in the ml, thanks in advance ;] @pau: Either here: https://it.gearbest.com/wireless-routers/pp_642436.html?wid=1433363whereit often goes on sale for about 30/32€, or here: https://it.aliexpress.com/item/Originale-Xiaomi-WiFi-3g-Router-Extender-Rip… Also, not tested, but interesting: https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=567548306041&abtest=9&rn=c1… @patricio As far as i know the 3G is the only one supported by openwrt but if anyone wants to try out the others that would be of great help to the community, although beware of the limitations of the others. Keep in mind xiaomi has done a great job of making it a pain to flash this router in software [without taking them apart] so you need to physically register every device on their website and download an SSH package to flash on the devices. The SSH package is actually seemingly universal, however the password generation is still algorithmic and we don't know how they're generated. If anyone finds a solution, no registration would be needed, simply: 1] flash dev firmware on device 2] flash ssh package on device [one package works for all, you can use mine if you'd like, we can make it available online as well] 3] enter ssh shell via device-specific password [to be generated via as-of-yet-unknown algo] 4] flash owrt / lime If anyone out there tries them out please report back here: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/status-updates-on-xiaomi-router-3g-mi-r3g/25883 @dan i know right! I'm so excited! I just tested these out the other day but i plan to put them to work real soon. The antennas don't seem to be removable, but I'll have our hardware guy take a look at them! On 3 Dec 2018, 21:07 +0100, norðurljósahviða <nk(a)os.vu>, wrote: > > [please someone accept my request from nz(a)os.vu as i’ve had to reconfigure my old account just to participate in the ml, thanks in advance ;] > > @pau: > > Either here: https://it.gearbest.com/wireless-routers/pp_642436.html?wid=1433363where it often goes on sale for about 30/32€, or here: https://it.aliexpress.com/item/Originale-Xiaomi-WiFi-3g-Router-Extender-Rip… > Also, not tested, but interesting: https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=567548306041&abtest=9&rn=c1… https://market.m.taobao.com/app/idleFish-F2e/widle-taobao-rax/page-detail?w… > > @patricio > > As far as i know the 3G is the only one supported by openwrt but if anyone wants to try out the others that would be of great help to the community, although beware of the limitations of the others. > > Keep in mind xiaomi has done a great job of making it a pain to flash this router in software [without taking them apart] so you need to physically register every device on their website and download an SSH package to flash on the devices. The SSH package is actually seemingly universal, however the password generation is still algorithmic and we don't know how they're generated. If anyone finds a solution, no registration would be needed, simply: > > 1] flash dev firmware on device > 2] flash ssh package on device [one package works for all, you can use mine if you'd like, we can make it available online as well] > 3] enter ssh shell via device-specific password [to be generated via as-of-yet-unknown algo] > 4] flash owrt / lime > > If anyone out there tries them out please report back here: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/status-updates-on-xiaomi-router-3g-mi-r3g/25883 > > @dan i know right! I'm so excited! > > I just tested these out the other day but i plan to put them to work real soon. > > The antennas don't seem to be removable, but I'll have our hardware guy take a look at them!

5 years, 4 months

[lime-users] Archer C60 and C50 - gluon support - chipset 5 GHz

by Patricio Gibbs

Trying to understand if the C50 or C60 has better LibreMesh support: Looking at: https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_archer_c60_v1 - gluon support broken, WiFi 5 GHz unsupported, ath10k https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_archer_c60_v2 - ath10k https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_archer_c50_v1 - MT7612EN https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_archer_c50_v3 - MT7612E What is Gluon support? Does it matter? I've seen comments on this list that ath10k is not well supported and might never be. Does this mean the Archer C60 doesn't work well with LibreMesh? Previously, Daniel Golle wrote that the chipset for the Archer C20, MT7610E, doesn't work with any FOSS driver. Based on the tech page, it seems that there is FOSS driver support for the MT7612E and EN, correct? cheers, Patricio

5 years, 4 months

[lime-users] Xiaomi Router 3G [MI R3G] performing beyond all expectations

by norðurljósahviða

After about a year of hoping, waiting, testing, and so on, and thanks to Ilario and Nicopace’s help, I can finally confirm that the Xiaomi Router 3G [MI R3G] is a dream router. I am still very excited about the LibreRouter, and that’s a project I had been considering starting myself in the past before I ran into it, but this router is 30€ and - after 4 years of work in this field - has finally rebooted my hope into mesh networks, sustaining a 135mbps mesh over 5GHz AC WiFi, with 1ms latencies between nodes under ideal conditions. I’ve learned that several other people - with actual technical expertise [as opposed to mine] - are looking into this router also because of its mt7621 chip, which I hear seems to work much better than ath10k. It can also apparently sustain a gigabit hardware NAT [I seem to have understood from rumors]. I’ve run several iperfs and I keep getting results over 100mbps up and down and sometimes even peaking at 140mbps. The latency between nodes is a steady 1ms. root@OPNT-d04123:~# ping6 fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4 PING fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4(fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.69 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.04 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.04 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.11 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=1.11 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.875 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.992 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=1.43 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=1.18 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=1.07 ms 64 bytes from fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=0.752 ms ^C --- fd66:66:66:7:4231:3cff:fed0:41a4 ping statistics --- 11 packets transmitted, 11 received, 0% packet loss, time 10098ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.752/1.120/1.698/0.248 ms localhost:~ at$ ping 8.8.8.8 PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=120 time=3.857 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=120 time=3.906 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=120 time=10.015 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=120 time=3.843 ms ^C --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 20.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 3.843/5.405/10.015/2.662 ms localhost:~ at$ speedtest Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from Fastweb (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by Fastweb SpA (Milan) [0.17 km]: 6.045 ms Testing download speed................................................................................ Download: 111.09 Mbit/s Testing upload speed................................................................................................ Upload: 135.79 Mbit/s localhost:~ at$ traceroute 8.8.8.8 traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 10.42.65.35 (10.42.65.35) 0.855 ms 0.415 ms 0.306 ms 2 10.42.65.163 (10.42.65.163) 1.361 ms 1.332 ms 0.945 ms 3 192.168.11.1 (192.168.11.1) 1.307 ms 1.431 ms 1.148 ms I’m trying it out on 18.06 on develop branch. If anyone wants to install the profile check out the network-profile “openNET.io/Mi-R3G”. This is how I’m cooking it as per the openNET.io-cooker script [which can also be found inside our net-profile] ./cooker --flavor=lime_default --remote \ --community=openNET.io/Mi-R3G -c ramips/mt7621 --profile=mir3g I’ve tried disabling the 5GHz interface to see how it performs on 2.4 but even after reboot it doesn’t seem to be able to route to the other node. I’ll post back with more details over time if anyone’s interested. Nz

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