lime August 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, 9 months

[lime-users] openwrt-18.06 branch for lime-packages and 18.06-rc1 chef images

by Daniel Golle

Hi! Are there plans for branches of the lime feeds corresponding to the upcoming openwrt-18.06 release? I reckon we should have that. Also, it'd be great for chef.libremesh.org to already offer plain OpenWrt 18.06-rc1 images as well as with lime-18.?? on top. Cheers Daniel

5 years, 6 months

[lime-users] TP-Link Archer C20 v4 and TL-WR840Nv5(ES) - any experience?

by Patricio Gibbs

On Monday night through Wednesday we have a training that includes setting up a 400 meter link (near Puyo, Ecuador, UTC-5). We have purchased a TP-Link Archer C20 v4. We plan to connect it via Nanostation2 and NanoLoco2 with a WR840Nv5(ES) that belongs to a small ISP (why this arrangement? combo of cheapest new and used hardware that I thought would work). The 840N only has 4MB RAM, which I understand is not really recommended for LibreMesh. Neither of the routers are on the list of devices at http://chef.libremesh.org/ for LibreMesh, but they are on the list for OpenWrt. The most similar device by name on the LibreMesh list is the Archer C20i. If we can LibreMesh-ify the ISPs 840N router in a way that it can easily be returned to factory firmware, maybe we will do that. If we can LibreMesh-ify the Archer C20 without a high probability of bricking it, we will do that (we don't have money in the budget for a replacement this week). I can use lime-sdk cooker instead of Chef -- I have done this before to test a new translation file. Suggestions on how to proceed? Here's the C20v4 data: https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_archer_c20_ac750_v4 Supported Current Rel: snapshot Unsupported Functions: WiFi 5GHz Target: ramips Subtarget: mt76x8 Package architecture: mipsel_24kc Bootloader: U-Boot CPU: MediaTek MT7628AN 8 MB flash, 64 MB RAM Compare to C20i: https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_archer_c20i_ac750_v1 Supported Current Rel: 17.01.4 Unsupported Functions: WiFi 5GHz Target: ramips Subtarget: mt7620 Package architecture: mipsel_24kc Bootloader: U-Boot CPU: MediaTek MT7620A 8 MB flash, 64 MB RAM TL-WR840N v5 (ES) -- belongs to the ISP https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WR840N_v5 CPU1: MediaTek MT7628N (575 MHz) FLA1: 4 MiB (GigaDevice GD25Q32B) RAM1: 64 MiB (ESMT M14D5121632A) ~ Pato

5 years, 7 months

[lime-users] MicroTik recommendations

by Patricio Gibbs

Who has used LibreMesh on MicroTik devices? Are they easier to flash than Ubiquiti? (Ubq require downgrading and then flashing, and finding the correct files can take time). I'm interested in common devices, not the newest devices, and also interested in returning them to stock firmware after testing LibreMesh on them. Why? A friend who runs a small family ISP wants to test LibreMesh, and mostly uses MicroTik, with some NanoStation M2. Also, if this works well, I might shift some planned installations from Ubiquiti to MikroTik. Common devices in Ecuador include: - Sxt 5ndr2 Lite - Sxt-2 - Lhg 5 https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ec/mikrotik ~ Pato

5 years, 7 months

[lime-users] Smart Queue Management (SQM) - Minimizing Bufferbloat

by Luandro Viera

We all share two 1Mb satellite connections here in our mesh. But since mine is always more hops aways from most of the users they tend to go to the single 1Mb gateway, so we're starting to experience really slow, some times, unusable internet. We're already using a captive-portal system to block unwanted users, so now all I can think of is of controlling the bandwidth traffic. So I came across the sqm <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/traffic-shaping/sqm> package. Seems to be easy way to controlling the traffic. Anyone have any experience with using this package? Any other solutions, like using squid? Ideally we'd want to throttle videos, Bittorrent and other bandwidth suckers.

5 years, 7 months

[lime-users] LiMe device compatibility and Chef

by Patricio Gibbs

Continuing my quest to categorize devices based on their LibreMesh compatibility, since the LibreRouter hasn't arrived yet and won't solve all needs.... 1) great, (e.g. WDR3500) 2) okay, but fixed antennas 3) some functions not working, (e.g. Archer C20v4) 4) emergencies only (ones that have 4 or 2 MB flash) 5) incompatible (e.g. 841HP) In Chef, when I type "ubiq" in the router model field, I get a list of Ubiquiti devices supposedly compatible with the latest release of LibreMesh. How is this list generated? Is it reviewed by a human? Here are examples of why I ask: it says Nano-M and Nano M XW: are these NanoStation or NanoBeam? It says Loco XW but the OpenWrt ToH says that the latest supported release for the Loco is 10.03.1, https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostationm2....? Flashing LibreMesh onto NanoStation and TP-Link CPE devices could make some networks much easier to maintain.... If it actually works. This continues a conversation from last year about improving our documentation, such as maintaining a LibreMesh wiki. ~ Patricio

5 years, 7 months

Re: [lime-users] chef builder issues missing package

by Patricio Gibbs

It's there a way to build LibreMesh images based on 17.06 right now via lime-sdk? El 23 de agosto de 2018 1:53:53 GMT-05:00, Paul Spooren <mail(a)aparcar.org> escribió: >Are you sure the message is not: > >Unknown package in request: zz-libremesh-default > >At least that's what I get when following your configuration. > >The libremesh-default network profile is only usable and relevant for >an (hopefully soon) upcoming change in libremesh which will improve the >overall configuration possibilities. > >BestOn Aug 22, 2018 4:58 PM, William Fleurant via lime-users ><lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> re: https://chef.libremesh.org/ >> >> When cooking LiMe firmware with network-profile set to >libremesh-default: >> Unknown package in request: lime-full >> >> -w >> >> >> >> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. >> >_______________________________________________ >lime-users mailing list >lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org >https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users

5 years, 7 months

Re: [lime-users] chef builder issues missing package

by Fabien Gagné

I had the same issue not long ago. Which network profile should we use for a basic configuration? Le jeu. 23 août 2018 02 h 54, Paul Spooren <mail(a)aparcar.org> a écrit : > Are you sure the message is not: > > Unknown package in request: zz-libremesh-default > > At least that's what I get when following your configuration. > > The libremesh-default network profile is only usable and relevant for an > (hopefully soon) upcoming change in libremesh which will improve the > overall configuration possibilities. > > BestOn Aug 22, 2018 4:58 PM, William Fleurant via lime-users < > lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > re: https://chef.libremesh.org/ > > > > When cooking LiMe firmware with network-profile set to libremesh-default: > > Unknown package in request: lime-full > > > > -w > > > > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > _______________________________________________ > lime-users mailing list > lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org > https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users

5 years, 7 months

[lime-users] Community network

by Roland Wells

Hello all. I'm working with a community initiative in Nigeria who would like to implement a community-wide wifi network. I'm looking at LibreMesh as a possible solution Nodes would be solar powered, and would share connection to public internet through only a couple gateways. I'm interested in connecting with anyone on the list who has implemented LibreMesh in a similar way, and I'm also looking for recommendations on hardware considerations. I'm thinking a dual radio device with the 5ghz radio dedicated to the mesh backhaul, and the 2.4ghz dedicated to end users. Also, I'm located in Verona, Italy and could easily meet-up with any active users nearby. With best regards. Roland Wells Founder http://hellohub.org | http://kruufm.com

5 years, 7 months

Re: [lime-users] chef builder issues missing package

by Paul Spooren

Are you sure the message is not: Unknown package in request: zz-libremesh-default At least that's what I get when following your configuration. The libremesh-default network profile is only usable and relevant for an (hopefully soon) upcoming change in libremesh which will improve the overall configuration possibilities. BestOn Aug 22, 2018 4:58 PM, William Fleurant via lime-users <lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > re: https://chef.libremesh.org/ > > When cooking LiMe firmware with network-profile set to libremesh-default: > Unknown package in request: lime-full > > -w > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. >

5 years, 7 months

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