Help to set a Mesh network

[Francesco]

Hi Cristian,
this is standard procedure I am using:

boot the device and fire iwconfig
$ iwconfig
you will see a wlan0 interface maybe - bring it down with
$ ifconfig wlan0 down
and delete it:
$ iw dev wlan0 del

Now find which physical interface is your wlan card: you can see it from
dmesg,
I usually use
$ dmesg | grep ath
Output should guide you to find which is the phyX interface you have to deal
with. (usually phy0 or phy1) remember this phyX interface
Now create mesh interface:
$ iw phy phyX interface add mesh type mp mesh_id your_mesh_id
Bring on interface with ifconfig
$ ifconfig mesh <ipaddress> up
And you are done.


Cheers.


On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Cristian Nasuti
<nasuti.cristian at gmail.com>wrote:

> First of all, thanks for the suggestion!
> Unfortunately it was not very helpful (I am convinced that I make stupid
> mistakes)
>
> What do you mean by "delete wlanXX"?
>
> If I try:
> $ sudo iw dev wlan3 del
>
> then when I run:
> $ sudo iw dev wlan3 interface add mesh3 type mp mesh_id mymesh
>
> I get an error: No such device (-19)
>
> that seems reasonable because now there isn't any device (wlan3) on which
> place the interface (mesh3)
>
>
> If you mean that I must do first of all:
>
> $ sudo killall NwetworkManager
> $ sudo ifconfig wlan3 down
>
> I've already tried, but nothing changes.
>
>
> Somewhere I have seen use "phy" instead of "dev", I also tried that path
> but nothing to do.
>
>
> Sorry if I allow myself a question: Are you Italian?
> Because I am and would be easier to ask for advice in Italian out of this
> mailing list.
>
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Francesco Cappuccio
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