Hi Karl,
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Karl Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know for OpenWrt you have to include some modules and select 802.11s
when you compile the distro.
> Is it the same for DD-WRT ? (OLSR is, of course, layer 3 and doesn't
have all the benefits of 802.11s. ;-)
I have no experience compiling DD-WRT and their documentation is not too
encouraging ("Building DD-WRT from source is difficult and according to the
text here definitely not working on first try")
But o11s only requires:
1. a kernel that has been properly configured (CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH=y)
2. iw (to setup an open mesh)
and/or
3. authsae/wpa_supplicant (to setup a secure mesh)
4. a driver+hardware that supports mac80211 (ath9k is highly recommended)
openwrt simplifies mesh configuration because some options can be set via
their Unified Configuration Interface. See for instance the mode and the
mesh_id options here:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/wireless
> If I got the DD-WRT source and added a few options/flags, could I get
802.11s funtionality ?
With the caveat of not having tried it myself, my guess is yes.
> I guess what I am asking is how integrated is 11s into the normal Linux
distro ? Is it just a matter of setting some compile options ? Or do I
need to port modules which are not normally included?
It is well integrated. The open mesh functionality is part of the kernel
so all it needs is to be compiled with that option. A secure mesh will
additionally need a userpace daemon, authsae or wpa_supplicant.
Best,
Javier
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Chun-Yeow Yeoh <[email protected]>
wrote:
>>
>> Haven't came across this.
>>
>> Probably, mesh maybe but not o11s, you can take a look on this.
>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Mesh_Networking_with_OLSR
>>
>> ----
>> Chun-Yeow
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Karl Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I know the system is working with openwrt as the distribution -- I am
>> > wondering if anyone has run a mesh using DD-WRT ?
>> >
>> > Offline questions or pointers welcome.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > ______
>> > Karl
>> >
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