> Hi,
> you know we already have B.A.T.M.A.N in OpenEmbedded but now I gave good
> old OLSRD a try too.
>
> I added a recipe for the latest release 0.5.5 and tested it on the
> device. It is working nicely along with the ar6000 being in ad-hoc mode
> (the preferred mode for mesh networks ;) ). No luck with 0.5.3 though -
> it crashes when I want to view the page generated by the httpinfo plugin.
>
> I wanted to do some NATting between the wifi interface and the usbnet
> connection (effectively making my desktop computer an internet gateway
> for the Berlin Freifunk community).
>
> However this was impossible since OpenMoko does not provide the iptables
> package (you can get the kernel modules but not the userspace
> application). You can build it on your own and then everything is fine
> though.
>
> There are also some minor issues with the wifi driver. I reported
> this[0] a while ago already.
>
> I am already happy but I would be so even more if:
> - olsrd version preference could be set to 0.5.5
> - iptables could be installed directly via opkg
>
> The FreeRunner as a wifi mesh-node is a nice use case for the time after
> being a mobile phone. It would be one of the very few nodes that have a
> screen attached. :)
>
> I would like to offer screen shots but there is nothing spectacular to
> see on them. But perhaps you like some console output instead:
>
> root@om-gta02:~# iwconfig eth0
> eth0 AR6000 802.11g ESSID:"olsr.freifunk.net"
> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.457 GHz Cell: 02:CA:FF:EE:BA:BE
> Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
> Retry:on
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:168/94 Signal level:-183 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> (A fixed BSSID of '02:CA:FF:EE:BA:BE' is what we use in Berlin to
> overcome some problems with ad-hoc mode specification.)
>
> Starting the daemon:
>
> root@om-gta02:~# /etc/init.d/olsrd start
> Starting OLSR routing protocol daemon: olsr.org
>
> *** olsr.org - 0.5.5 ***
> Build date: 2008-06-26 23:09:18 on linkist
>
http://www.olsr.org
>
> Parsing file: "/etc/olsrd.conf"
> olsr.org - 0.5.5 detaching from the current process...
> done.
> root@om-gta02:~# pidof olsrd
> 4479
>
> Pinging a node that is a few hops away:
>
> root@om-gta02:~# ping 104.192.0.156
> PING 104.192.0.156 (104.192.0.156): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 104.192.0.156: seq=0 ttl=62 time=89.001 ms
> 64 bytes from 104.192.0.156: seq=3 ttl=62 time=45.555 ms
>
> --- 104.192.0.156 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 50% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 45.555/67.278/89.001 ms
>
> Traceroute to it:
>
> root@om-gta02:~# traceroute 104.192.0.156
> traceroute to 104.192.0.156 (104.192.0.156), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
> 1 104.131.4.24 (104.131.4.24) 15.096 ms 29.789 ms 12.770 ms
> 2 104.131.4.26 (104.131.4.26) 12.536 ms 11.377 ms 10.147 ms
> 3 104.192.0.156 (104.192.0.156) 25.497 ms 51.212 ms 51.228 ms
>
> Actually I could find something that may show I am really using this on
> the Neo. I attached is httpinfo plugin generated webpage showing my
> configuration. There are few devices where eth0 is a wifi card. :D
>
> If you are interested I also attached by olsrd.conf. You need to have
> olsrd-plugin-httpinfo, olsrd-plugin-nameservice (didn't work as
> expected) and olsrd-plugin-dyngw installed besides the daemon.
>
> Regards
> Robert
>
> [0] -
http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1392
