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docs:guide-user:network:wifi:mesh.olsr [2018/03/03 20:13] – ↷ Page moved from docs:user-guide:network:wifi:mesh.olsr to docs:guide-user:network:wifi:mesh.olsr bobafetthotmaildocs:guide-user:network:wifi:mesh:olsr [2024/09/01 20:45] – [OLSR Mesh] bluewavenet
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 ====== OLSR Mesh ====== ====== OLSR Mesh ======
-[[wp>Optimized Link State Routing Protocol]] and [[http://www.olsr.org/]]+[[wp>Optimized Link State Routing Protocol|OLSR]], [[wp>Mesh_networking|Mesh networking]] and [[http://www.olsr.org/]](no longer available) 
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 +//OLSR has been changed significantly since this article was written, Notably, there is a "v2" that is IETF Standards Track that is described at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7181 and several updates since published in 2014.//
  
 Mesh networks self-arrange and auto-configure themselves on the basis of network topology changes.  For example, the properly configured OLSR mesh will automatically arrange itself in cases where one node fails, or when a new route emerges, or when a low traffic route becomes available or disappears.  The concept of a mesh network is not new; the Internet itself is a huge mesh network.  So what's new?  Well, mesh networks with wireless technology on OpenWrt simply rocks! ;) Mesh networks self-arrange and auto-configure themselves on the basis of network topology changes.  For example, the properly configured OLSR mesh will automatically arrange itself in cases where one node fails, or when a new route emerges, or when a low traffic route becomes available or disappears.  The concept of a mesh network is not new; the Internet itself is a huge mesh network.  So what's new?  Well, mesh networks with wireless technology on OpenWrt simply rocks! ;)
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 ===== HOW TO ===== ===== HOW TO =====
-  - separate the wireless and lan interface in ''[[docs:user-guide:network:basics|/etc/config/network]]'' again, by default they are bridged +  - separate the wireless and lan interface in ''[[docs:guide-user:base-system:basic-networking|/etc/config/network]]'' again, by default they are bridged 
-  - configure the WNICs to work in //adhoc//-mode. Your file ''[[docs:user-guide:network:wifi:basic|/etc/config/wireless]]'' might look as follows:<code>+  - configure the WNICs to work in //adhoc//-mode. Your file ''[[docs:guide-user:network:wifi:basic|/etc/config/wireless]]'' might look as follows:<code>
 config wifi-device  wl0 config wifi-device  wl0
         option type     broadcom         option type     broadcom
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 Reboot your router and test everything by pinging interfaces on the different devices.  Go and have a beverage of choice to celebrate! Reboot your router and test everything by pinging interfaces on the different devices.  Go and have a beverage of choice to celebrate!
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 ===== After basic configuration ===== ===== After basic configuration =====
 You may want to check out some of the plugins that are easy to configure and show you the basic status of your mesh.  On my network I run ''olsrd-mod-httpinfo'', which provides a basic http server that shows you the status of the mesh. You may want to check out some of the plugins that are easy to configure and show you the basic status of your mesh.  On my network I run ''olsrd-mod-httpinfo'', which provides a basic http server that shows you the status of the mesh.
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 ===== References ===== ===== References =====
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   * [[http://nbd.name/openwrt|Manual for Kamikaze by one of the developers]] - great reference on networking interface configuration and other parts of the OpenWrt system   * [[http://nbd.name/openwrt|Manual for Kamikaze by one of the developers]] - great reference on networking interface configuration and other parts of the OpenWrt system
  
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