Hi all
I`m working on a academic develop project for improve the networks in rural areas in Peru. We are doing some test with 6 Nanostation M5 for create a mesh network.
I tried Commotion software with OLSR and all was Ok. Now, we are testing BATMAN, with OpenWRT and batman-adv module, but I have some problems.
I have compiled OpenWrt Backfire r32751 (Load: 0.09 0.10 0.05) and installed batman-adv with opkg following this http://wiki.openwrt.org/inbox/mesh.batman
When I put: lsmod | grep batman I get batman_adv 67936 0
and seems to be load in the kernel
But when I try to add the interface wlan0 for activate batman in it, the Nanostation remains locked and i need to reboot. I have tried this with:
echo bat0 > /sys/class/net/wlan0/batman_adv/mesh_iface
and
batctl if add wlan0
with the same bad result. What am i doing wrong?
That are my configuration files:
root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/network config interface loopback option ifname lo option proto static option ipaddr 127.0.0.1 option netmask 255.0.0.0
config interface lan option ifname eth0 option type bridge option proto static option ipaddr 192.168.1.1 option netmask 255.255.255.0
#config interface wan # option ifname eth1 # option proto dhcp
config interface wan option ifname eth1 option proto static option ipaddr "my ip public for internet access" option netmask 255.255.255.192 option gateway "my ip public gateway" option dns 8.8.8.8 ----------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config 'wifi-device' 'radio0' option 'type' 'mac80211' option 'macaddr' '00:27:22:52:71:a7' option 'hwmode' '11na' option 'htmode' 'HT20' list 'ht_capab' 'SHORT-GI-40' list 'ht_capab' 'TX-STBC' list 'ht_capab' 'RX-STBC1' list 'ht_capab' 'DSSS_CCK-40' option 'channel' '161' option 'txpower' '0' option 'country' 'US'
config 'wifi-iface' option 'device' 'radio0' option 'network' 'lan' option 'ssid' 'OpenWrt' option 'encryption' 'none' option 'mode' 'adhoc' option 'bssid' '00:27:22:52:71:A7'
--------------------------------------------------- root@OpenWrt:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
br-lan no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11an ESSID:"OpenWrt" Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.805 GHz Cell: 00:27:22:52:71:A7 Tx-Power=3 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on
----------------------------------------------------- root@OpenWrt:~# ifconfig br-lan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:27:22:53:71:A7 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:9489 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9584 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:989861 (966.6 KiB) TX bytes:3510637 (3.3 MiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:27:22:53:71:A7 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:9511 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9597 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1124441 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:3512820 (3.3 MiB) Interrupt:4
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:27:22:53:71:A8 inet addr:"my ip public" Bcast:"my ip broadcast broadcast" Mask:255.255.255.192 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:13086 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:4041054 (3.8 MiB) TX bytes:797392 (778.7 KiB) Interrupt:5
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1556 (1.5 KiB) TX bytes:1556 (1.5 KiB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:27:22:52:71:A7 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:32 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1526 (1.4 KiB)
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I have noticed that i have not the bat0 interface created,is it normal? Do i need create another aditional interface like ath0?
I have been following that manuals: http://pizza.hskflashcards.com/index.php?page=B.A.T.M.A.N.+Advanced+on+OpenW...
http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Quick-start-guide
Any help o comment? Do you recomend me to change to batmand instead? Do you know if there is any BATMAN implementation for a mesh network of Nanostation M5, easier to install and manipulate?
Thanks
-- Esteban