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) ------------------------ 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+Open… 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

On Tuesday 31 July 2012 11:41:15 Esteban Municio wrote: Why are you installing it with opkg? This sounds a little bit like you try to load a kernel module that wasn't compiled for the kernel that is running on the machine (which would be extreme bad when there are ABI differences). Also this "pizza" link you showed at the bottom of the mail gives the impression that you may have done something like that. The best way is to include it in your image. Hard to tell with the information we got here. Are you using the serial console on your device? Does it print a backtrace (can you create a backtrace with symbol tables enabled)? Are you sure that the kernel and batman-adv module are 100% binary compatible? What version of batman-adv is it? Did you try the newest openwrt devel package from http://downloads.open-mesh.org/svn/openwrt-feed/ (i think the package is called kmod-batman-adv-devel)? batctl: acd06db051419d3b323675ab2d7c897f2a5efc2a batman-adv: 3fdeaa6bfb404311b73a689e984672161403a0c2 [...] bat0 (or any other name you choose for your batman-adv device(s)) are created after you attach an interface to it (this is what you are doing when you say that your node "freezes"). Uh, please don't use this one. It is outdated as hell and has nearly nothing to do with the stuff you are using (or at least should use). Just to give an impression: Latest release of batmand: http://git.open-mesh.org/batmand.git/commit/3aeebaf87974a069278a3feee31345d… Latest release of batman-adv http://git.open-mesh.org/batman-adv.git/commit/b82d11e243ec144c515e7d04e8e8… Commits in batmand in the last 6 months (master branch): 0 Commits in batman-adv in the last 6 months (master branch): ~250 (and this does not include all the stuff that happens before a change is accepted) Of course, this can also be a sign of perfection. But I can say for sure that the most development in the last two years happened in batman-adv and not in batmand. Um, even easier? At least I find it extreme easy to get it running: $ modprobe batman-adv $ batctl -m bat4 interface add eth0 $ ip addr add 192.168.3.11/24 dev bat4 $ ip link set dev bat4 up $ batctl -m bat4 originators And only step 1 and 2 are batman-adv relevant. The rest is just to configure the usual stuff and step 5 to check for detected originators. And "-m bat4" is optional. I just wanted to call my device bat4. Please let me know how this can be made easier without restricting users. And why are you refering to a specific product? I thought that you just use OpenWRT.