12 May
2019
12 May
'19
1:58 a.m.
Hi people! I'm really excited to say that I'm using LibreMesh after a
long time following the project.
The objective: to deploy a libremesh network with mesh nodes on a school
and a house (maybe some in between because there is 300m distance). The
school and house must be able to host content related to their
activities.
Current scenario: at home I have a cellphone and a pc connected to a
TP-Link router running LibreMesh. I have a running http server on the pc
for testing purposes.
The problem: from the phone I can't retrieve content using
http://10.13.0.4:1234 (ip of the pc and port of the node server).
Now some questions:
1) how can I diagnose if there are configuration problems?
2) should the devices connected to mesh nodes have a name in the DNS
provided by the router? (I'm thinking of
http://school-node/some/content)
If there is some documentation where you can point me to, I'll be very
thankful.
Sorry if something is missing in my question, english is not my native
language.
Thanks in advance, Pedro.
12 May
12 May
3:15 p.m.
On 5/11/19 10:58 PM, pmauro(a)posteo.net wrote:
Hi people! I'm really excited to say that
I'm using LibreMesh after a
long time following the project.
Welcome, and congratulations!!!
The objective: to deploy a libremesh network with mesh
nodes on a school
and a house (maybe some in between because there is 300m distance).
why some more? maybe you really don't need.
Explain a little bit more your setup:
* what devices you are using (from your email it says tplink but which?
installed where?)
* antennas
* where you are setting it up: is this urban? roofs? is there clear line
of sight in between them? the more information the better
The
school and house must be able to host content related to their activities.
That sounds great, tell us more :) (just for the sake of getting to know
you better).
Current scenario: at home I have a cellphone and a pc
connected to a
TP-Link router running LibreMesh. I have a running http server on the pc
for testing purposes> The problem: from the phone I can't retrieve content using
http://10.13.0.4:1234 (ip of the pc and port of the node server).
are both of the devices connected to the same router or different ones?
if different, are they at line of sight?
Now some questions:
1) how can I diagnose if there are configuration problems?
If you are using the config that comes with LiMe or some small changes
this shouldn't be the case.
you can share it with the rest to find out.
If you have sysadmin experience there are some commands that you can try
to let us know your setup (but probably some of our fellows in this list
can send them to you, I don't recall).
They will be related to get the batman-adv and bmx6 state, the wireless
links from the different nodes, and also the logread output to see if
there is anything strange in them.
In general, with good line of sight and proper config (share wifi
channel and protocols), they should be meshing transparently.
2) should the devices connected to mesh nodes have a
name in the DNS
provided by the router? (I'm thinking of http://school-node/some/content)
this functionality is right now being changed, so any feedback on this
would be greatly appreciated.
This functionality was broken in the past (it was based on alfred), and
now @gio is working on its replacement using something called
shared-state that is supposed to work, so do tell us if you find that
this feature is not working.
If there is some documentation where you can point me
to, I'll be very
thankful.
libremesh.org and github.com/libremesh/lime-packages are your two places
to look at for now.
please also inform and document if you find that something is missing :)
Sorry if something is missing in my question, english
is not my native
language.
the email is very clear... for most of us english is not our first
language, but the one we can use to share with each other.
regards,
13 May
13 May
4:24 a.m.
Thanks for the reply!
The network will be deployed here:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_31
Between the two spots there is a highway (4 floors above the ground)
that I think will cause trouble.
The network will serve a social project there, which makes a lot of
activities one of which is a "bachillerato popular", a place where
people can complete their high-school studies with special focus on
social issues and the community. We imagine that students or nearby
people can have access to content hosted there, like some pages of
Wikipedia, or any media that they feel useful. Other nodes of their
project may have some ideas if a a mesh network can be deployed.
In my home test, both devices were connected to the same (and only)
node, the named "LibreMesh/...." SSID.
The setup I'm using is only a TP-Link TL-WR842ND router, which I bought
used for testing purpose and flashed with a pretty default (I think)
image from Chef.
Though I have no sysadmin experience, I can run some commands if you
tell me.
While testing I had no luck going to http://thisnode.info. Following the
troubleshooting guide, I managed to see the web interface using the
gateway address.
I'll try to take note and help with anything I can related to the
documentation. Right now there is a PR I made with some small changes to
the web, so I'm very happy for being helpful to this awesome project you
all work on.
Once again thanks for your time. I'll see the repos to try to learn some
more.
Kind regards, Pedro.
On 12.05.2019 17:15, Nicolas Pace wrote:
On 5/11/19 10:58 PM, pmauro(a)posteo.net wrote:
Hi people! I'm really excited to say that
I'm using LibreMesh after a
long time following the project.
Welcome, and congratulations!!!
The objective: to deploy a libremesh network with
mesh nodes on a
school
and a house (maybe some in between because there is 300m distance).
why some more? maybe you really don't need.
Explain a little bit more your setup:
* what devices you are using (from your email it says tplink but which?
installed where?)
* antennas
* where you are setting it up: is this urban? roofs? is there clear
line
of sight in between them? the more information the better
The
school and house must be able to host content related to their
activities.
That sounds great, tell us more :) (just for the sake of getting to
know
you better).
Current scenario: at home I have a cellphone and
a pc connected to a
TP-Link router running LibreMesh. I have a running http server on the
pc
for testing purposes> The problem: from the phone I can't retrieve
content using
http://10.13.0.4:1234 (ip of the pc and port of the node server).
are both of the devices connected to the same router or different ones?
if different, are they at line of sight?
Now some questions:
1) how can I diagnose if there are configuration problems?
If you are using the config that comes with LiMe or some small changes
this shouldn't be the case.
you can share it with the rest to find out.
If you have sysadmin experience there are some commands that you can
try
to let us know your setup (but probably some of our fellows in this
list
can send them to you, I don't recall).
They will be related to get the batman-adv and bmx6 state, the wireless
links from the different nodes, and also the logread output to see if
there is anything strange in them.
In general, with good line of sight and proper config (share wifi
channel and protocols), they should be meshing transparently.
2) should the devices connected to mesh nodes
have a name in the DNS
provided by the router? (I'm thinking of
http://school-node/some/content)
this functionality is right now being changed, so any feedback on this
would be greatly appreciated.
This functionality was broken in the past (it was based on alfred), and
now @gio is working on its replacement using something called
shared-state that is supposed to work, so do tell us if you find that
this feature is not working.
If there is some documentation where you can
point me to, I'll be very
thankful.
libremesh.org and github.com/libremesh/lime-packages are your two
places
to look at for now.
please also inform and document if you find that something is missing
:)
Sorry if something is missing in my question,
english is not my native
language.
the email is very clear... for most of us english is not our first
language, but the one we can use to share with each other.
regards,
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4:36 p.m.
On 5/13/19 1:24 AM, pmauro(a)posteo.net wrote:
Thanks for the reply!
The network will be deployed here: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_31
Between the two spots there is a highway (4 floors above the ground)
that I think will cause trouble.
cars passing can definitely be a problem...
have you tried already?
The network will serve a social project there, which
makes a lot of
activities one of which is a "bachillerato popular", a place where
people can complete their high-school studies with special focus on
social issues and the community. We imagine that students or nearby
people can have access to content hosted there, like some pages of
Wikipedia, or any media that they feel useful. Other nodes of their
project may have some ideas if a a mesh network can be deployed.
awesome! thanks for sharing!!!
In my home test, both devices were connected to the
same (and only)
node, the named "LibreMesh/...." SSID.
The setup I'm using is only a TP-Link TL-WR842ND router, which I bought
used for testing purpose and flashed with a pretty default (I think)
image from Chef.
Ok... it can be a little tricky as chef now is cooking trunk (the last
development code), and it may not always be stable.
I do need for others to step up with this, but you can check if their ip
addresses are in the same range (to make sure no issue exists in the ip
assignment part).
You need to check the ips both of the computer and the smartphone.
While testing I had no luck going to
http://thisnode.info. Following the
troubleshooting guide, I managed to see the web interface using the
gateway address.
there might be an issue with the dns/dhcp server.
I'll try to take note and help with anything I
can related to the
documentation. Right now there is a PR I made with some small changes to
the web, so I'm very happy for being helpful to this awesome project you
all work on.
Awesome!!!
Once again thanks for your time. I'll see the
repos to try to learn some
more.
Regards,
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