[WMN] Trying to set up a mesh network

[moimart]

Hi Cristian,

Just one aside question. What is the average throughput you get with your setup?

Thanks!

Br,
Moises

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Cristian Nasuti
<nasuti.cristian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Joana!
>
> I use Ubuntu with the kernel 2.6.32-rc5.
> I followed the instructions to recompile the kernel in Ubuntu
> (http://o11s.org/trac/wiki/Ubuntu) (read and follow all)
> I use atheros wlan card, so ath5k is driver for my card; you must use the
> driever for yours.
>
> After this procedure you have 2 package with your compiled kernel. If your
> machine have the same wlan card, you can use directly this 2 package in all
> without recompiling on each machine.
>
> Then I get the last wersion of iw:
>
> sudo apt-get install build-essential libnl-dev
> wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/iw/iw-0.9.17.tar.bz2
> tar -xf iw-0.9.17.tar.bz2
> cd iw-0.9.17
> ./configure
> make
> sudo make install
>
> Make this in all your machine and then you can configure the mesh network.
>
>
> To create a mesh, I follow this instruction (note: I work logged as root):
>
> killall NetworkManager
> modprobe -r ath5k
> modprobe ath5k
> iwconfig
>
> in the outup I see that the interface of my PC is wlan2, so I put down the
> interface and delete it:
>
> ifconfig wlan2 down
> iw dev wlan2 del
>
> Now I find the physical:
>
> dmesg | grep ath5k
>
> I have seen in the output message like this:
> ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5212 chip found ... etc.
>
> so I make a mesh interface on phy0:
>
> iw phy phy0 interface add Mesh_Point_1 type mp mesh_id MY_MESH
> ifconfig Mesh_Point_1 up
> ifconfig Mesh_Point_1 10.0.0.1
>
> Mesh_Point_1 is the name of the interface, MY_MESH is the name of the mesh
> network.
> Make this for all your node, whit the same mesh id "MY_MESH" and ip in the
> same range.
> After this try to ping:
>
> ping -c 4 -I Mesh_Point_1 10.0.0.2
> ping -c 4 -I Mesh_Point_1 10.0.0.3
> ...
> (this instruction ping the 10.0.0.2 from the interface Mesh_Point_1)
>
> And finally check the mesh link:
>
> iw dev Mesh_Point_1 station dump
> arp
> iw dev Mesh_Point_1 mpath dump
>
> If is all ok you ave an output like the one in HOWTO
>
> I hope everything work,
> ciao!
>
>
> Cristian
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to set up a wireless mesh network between 3 Asus Eee Pcs 900A
>> with atheros driver (ath5k) and 2.6.32 kernel version. I was following
>> open80211s but it didn't work, since then I've seen so many things that
>>
>>
>> right now I'm really confused. Can someone tell me what do I really need
>> to
>> set up a wmn on 2.6.32, please tell me every package I need and
>> configurations.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Joana C.
>>
>>
>
>
> Cristian Nasuti
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