Hello, all.
This is my first post to this list. Congratulations for the great project.
Sorry for my English.
My use case is home meshing to have a self-healing, multi router home
networking, like "google mesh" with (maybe) cheap 4Mb flash routers like
WR841N / WR941N from TP-Link.
I've used latest binaries from website and binaries from "chef" (aparcar /
no LUCI) but mesh encryption is not working. This is discussed in
https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/issues/208 and looks like I need
a way to build the firmware with "wpad-mesh" package.
When I force this package on "chef", the build works, but it can't create
the "sysupgrade" image to flash. I think this is due to resulting size of
firmware.
Is there a way to produce a functional build with "wpad-mesh" so I will be
able to use mesh encryption? Web interface is not a problem.
Thanks in advance
Leonardo
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Leonardo F. Cardoso
leonardo.f.cardoso(a)gmail.com
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If chef is currently not working (not creating functional firmware) and not tracking current development of LibreMesh, and therefore isn't the recommend way to create firmware....
how about we put an announcement on chef.libremesh.org and betachef.libremesh.org explaining this?
And maybe take chef offline until it works as intended?
I think the current situation is causing confusion.
I've heard that the usual 802.11 WiFi standards were designed for
household links, maybe up to a kilometer? And therefore longer distance
links tend to use other protocols, with TDMA or other methods. So, if
we're going to set up 5km links, 10km links, 20km links, 40km links...
at what point does it make sense to stop using standard WiFi?
For example, if we set up an 8km link with a MikroTik LHG5 on each end,
or a TP-Link CPE610 on each end, will the link quality be the same with
stock firmware as with LibreMesh? Up to what distance is this true?
cheers,
Patrick
Hola,
Resulta que tengo unos equipos nuevos para NuestraRED.org pero no estan
soportados en la versión actual de LibreMESH que viene con lede 17,
quisiera saber si alguien puede ayudarme a crear un firmware con la ultima
versión de OpenWRT para dar soporte a estos equipos nuevos o si hay alguna
forma de instalar los paquetes de LibreMESH en OpenWRT 18 para conectarlos
a la RedMesh que ya tengo funcionando.
Los equipos que tengo son los siguientes:
https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_cpe210_v3
Intente crear los firmware por el CHEF pero los archivos que se generan no
parecen quedar bien configurados por que cuando instalo estos firmwares en
varios routers no logran la conexión MESH entre ellos.
Tambien si alguien puede darme alguna guia para dar soporte a este equipo
en la versión actual de LibreMesh seria de mucha ayuda.
Gracias.
Hi,
[ cc to list as thinking it is interesting for you too ]
> We are using SAE with a pre-shared-key as well as BMX7 with signed
> routing information to implement granular access control to our
> local mesh and gateway here in Leipzig
Daniel, Paul, are you coming to battlemesh.org v12 in Paris? I confirm
that will be there. Would be nice place to clarify how your network
works.
Questions & Requests
1. configuration example / backup : For me it is enough a /etc/config
(backup) of a nanostation for example. Or the libremesh profile you
are using (then I would run that profile in a nanostation to see that
config). Are you running just bmx7, or you have another layer with
batman-advance?
1.1 Of course, if you have more documentation related to your network
would be nice
2. in another reply Daniel you said that with 4 MB of flash is
impossible to setup all this stack. Confirm. (In my case I would not
need luci) - it's the case for some alfa network antennas
3. I have so much devices with 32 MB of RAM, it runs OK with your setup? [1]
Thank you very much,
Pedro
[1]
For example, my network what I would like to migrate to what you did
is (more info http://dsg.ac.upc.edu/qmpsa/index.php):
ALFA Network N2/N5
ALFA Network N2/N5
AMD GX-412TC SOC
AMD GX-412TC SOC
TP-LINK TL-WDR3600/4300/4310
Ubiquiti Bullet M
Ubiquiti Loco M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Nanostation M XW
Ubiquiti Rocket M XW
Ubiquiti Rocket M
notes:
when there is no XW means XM, for example Ubiquiti Nanostation M => XM series
my conclusion is that my network right now is so legacy to migrate?
(depends a lot on response 3 / 32 MB RAM issue)
Short version:
If we make a mesh with 5 routers running LibreMesh, and each router has
an internet connection, and a crowd of people gather at one node and all
use the WiFi simultaneously for internet communication, will LibreMesh
effectively load balance, thus making full use of all 5 internet
connections?
Long version:
During the celebration of Inti Raymi in the sierra, about 5000 people
come to visit a town that has a population of about 800 during the rest
of the year. That community is in a parroquia that includes 6
communities in total. This year, in the town that hosts the Inti Raymi
celebration, they want to offer internet via WiFi to the visitors (30
minutes free, then pay if they want more). So, instead of signing a
3-year contract for a fiber optic connection (when we only want 2 weeks
of higher-capacity connectivity), or contracting a DSL line with no
contract but slower speeds, it occurred to me to bring all the
connections in the parroquia to the Inti Raymi celebration, and let load
balancing do its magic.
Question: How can LibreMesh make this work?
Proposal:
At each internet connection, place a LIbreMesh router, connect that to
an antenna/radio that links to the celebration center. At the
celebration center, bring all those connections to another router with
LibreMesh. In other words (LM = LibreMesh router:
internet A -- LM --link via LHG5--\
internet B -- LM --link via LHG5---\___omnidirectional antenna/radio
internet C -- LM --link via LHG5---/ or multiple LHG5
internet D -- LM --link via LHG5--/ |
... |
... LibreMesh router at celebration site
Then from that LibreMesh router at the celebration site, we would build
out the celebration network of WiFi for 5000 people. Maybe with
LibreMesh-ed WiTek R1 routers, maybe Unifi, maybe wAP. The advantage of
the Unifi or wAP is that each router can handle more clients than a
WiTek R1, and there are stable captive portal and ticket softwares for
those systems, and Pirania isn't yet ready to do this in LibreMesh.
I recently heard a comment something like "LibreMesh is designed for
wireless mesh networks." But the longest-running community network in
Ecuador using LibreMesh has exactly zero inter-node links via LibreMesh
WiFi. Our network looks like this:
WDR3500 running LibreMesh 17.06 in house A
/\
| UTP/ethernet cable
\/
WDR3500 running LibreMesh 17.06 in house B
/\
| UTP/ethernet cable
\/
5-port switch
/\
| UTP/ethernet cable
\/
WDR3500 running LibreMesh 17.06 in house C
/\
| link between two Ubiquiti LiteBeam M5 running stock firmware
\/
WDR3500 running LibreMesh 17.06 in house D
So... what's going on? Is LibreMesh not tested for wired inter-node
connections? Are hybrid networks that include both wired and wireless
connections not part of the picture? If this is true, then what's the
path from here to the day when we say "LibreMesh is designed for
community mesh networks" regardless of their use of UTP, WiFi, fiber
optic, proprietary WiFi links, or whatever else?
cheers,
~ Patrick
I understand that MikroTik allows apps to run on their devices. I wonder
if writing a LibreMesh app to run on MikroTik would be easier and more
effective than flashing MikroTik devices with LibreMesh firmware.
What sort of effort would this require?
Are there any other manufacturers that allow this? Seems that Ubiquiti
doesn't.
This seems interesting to me for a variety of reasons:
- re-use existing network hardware
- MikroTik has a wider variety of devices than LibreRouter at the moment
- MikroTik devices are more easily available than LibreRouter at the moment
- as the LibreRouter becomes more available and with more diversity of
models, people will already be used to LibreMesh since they used it
already on MikroTik devices.
So we could install a network today with MikroTik, and then seamlessly
integrate LibreRouters when they're available.
Hi folks,
I just met a new vendor in Ecuador, and they're selling these routers which look promising for LibreMesh and inexpensive. Any opinions? Think it might work well with LibreMesh? Datasheet attached as PDF in English. Description here in Spanish. For $23, I might buy one just to experiment.
poseo este (WI-R1) ROUTER POE 24V / ROUTER PASIVO POE 300M / 2 ANTENAS 5DBI/600MHZ/64MB/8MB/2,4GHZ/VLAN/ esta en $22,58
The brand is wi-tek.
Salida de alta potencia 150mW, alcance - 150mts
Inalámbrico B / G / N velocidad hasta 300Mbps
Soporta AP, WISP modo inalámbrico
Soporta 4 * Puertos PoE, con voltaje PoE 24V-52V
Soporta PoE Pass-through
Tecnología MIMO 2 × 2
PoE Pasivo soporta hasta 100 metros.
64MB SDRAM 8MBFlash, CPU 600Mhz
OPENWET y DDWRT Opción Firmware
I just got a TP-Link WDR3500. What's the newest stable LibreMesh that I
can put on it, and how do I get it or make it? I have some 17.06
firmware I could use, but I want to know if there's anything newer.