[Commotion-dev] first test version of NetworkManager integration for GNU/Linux

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I'm pretty sure I figured out the Ubuntu/quantal issue: that machine has a
binary blob wifi driver that does not handle adhoc well at all...  hopefully
this is not a common scenario.

.hc

On 02/18/2013 09:48 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Ok, I've done a bunch more testing, and have it reliably working on two Linux
> Mint/Maya aka Ubuntu/Precise machines.  I have been testing on a
> Ubuntu/quantal machine, and its NetworkManager seems to ignore the channel and
> hardcoded BSSID, so it tries repeated on channel 1 and fails.   arg...
> 
> Right now, it includes a pre-configured NetworkManager connection for
> 'commotionwireless.net'.  Are there any other mesh profiles that should be
> included by default?
> 
> .hc
> 
> On 02/15/2013 01:18 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
>> That's excellent. I'd like to try it out in our Commotion-OpenBTS live
>> images, since they are based on Ubuntu.
>>
>> On 02/14/2013 02:21 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I got the core of my 'dispatcher script' NetworkManager integration working,
>>> its called 'nm-dispatcher-olsrd' for now.  It uses the very simple
>>> 'dispatcher' script API to launch a python script in respond to network
>>> changes (interface up/down), then that python script talks to NetworkManager
>>> over dbus to get the whole picture. It then parses any profiles that are in
>>> /etc/nm-dispatcher-olsrd and if a new wifi connection matches one of the
>>> profiles, it sets up olsrd properly.
>>>
>>> The profiles are the same format as the MethTether profile, and the
>>> nm-dispatcher-olsrd Ubuntu packages I created include a profile for
>>> commotionwireless.net/02:ca:ff:ee:ba:be/channel 5.  So if you are within range
>>> of another commotionwireless.net node, you should just be able to install
>>> nm-dispatcher-olsrd, click commotionwireless.net in the NetworkManager wifi
>>> browser panel applet, then have working OLSR mesh!
>>>
>>>
>>> To try this on Ubuntu/Mint and probably Debian, do:
>>>
>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/commotion
>>> sudo apt-get install nm-dispatcher-olsrd
>>>
>>>
>>> Here are the repos:
>>>
>>> Ubuntu packages:
>>> https://launchpad.net/~guardianproject/+archive/commotion
>>>
>>> sources:
>>> https://github.com/eighthave/nm-dispatcher-olsrd
>>> https://github.com/eighthave/python-networkmanager
>>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyjavaproperties
>>>
>>> Coming soon:
>>> * a panel applet to represent the status of the mesh
>>> * hopefully more automation of profiles
>>>
>>> .hc
>>>
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