[Battlemesh] Problems to add Batman-adv in wlan0 Nanostation M5
Roger Baig Viñas
roger.baig at gmail.com
Wed Aug 1 10:31:55 CEST 2012
Hi,
FYI the discussion is taking place on BATMAN mailing list [1]
[1] https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2012-July/007816.html
On 31 July 2012 21:30, Esteban Municio <emunicio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I thought that the battlemesh's people maybe could me help
>
> I`m working on a academic develop project for improve the networks in
> rural areas in Peru. We are doing some test and comparing routing
> protocols 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 I have that result with the
> following command:
>
> root at OpenWrt:~# batctl o
> Error - the folder '/sys/kernel/debug//batman_adv/bat0/' was not found
> within the sys filesystem
> Please make sure that the batman-adv kernel module is loaded
>
> Its very weird that the path is wrong...(for the ...debug//batman_adv...)
>
> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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+OpenWrt+How-To
>
> 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
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--
roger
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