[Commotion-dev] Issues with Picostation with both 1.1 and 1.2rc

[Dan Staples]

The configuration of the Pico images should be identical to the Rocket images (they are produced in the same compilation). I'm guessing you're running into an issue that a lot of folks have, which is due to an often confusing feature.

When the node boots up, it attempts to get a DHCP lease for its primary ethernet interface. If it does, the ethernet interface is put into the WAN zone and configures itself as a gateway. If it doesn't, it puts itself in the same bridge as the access point, and the bridge assigns itself a 10.x.x.x IP address. To change from one mode to the other, however, requires rebooting the node. So try rebooting the Rocket and see if that changes things.

As for rebooting every few minutes, this is simply a limitation of the Picostation hardware. It has very little RAM and is likely rebooting due to low memory conditions. We actually recommend against using Picostations when you need a device to both mesh and provide an access point. Rockets are a better alternative, as are Nanostations if you want a directional antenna.

I hope this helps, and let us know if the issues persist.

Dan

On 04/13/2015 09:44 AM, Adam Longwill wrote:
> Quick question.
> 
> I have been battling with a Picostation all weekend to act like how we configure our Rockets and I am having NO success. I think it's a bug but I wanted to pick everyone else's mind.
> 
> The Rocket's can have a static IP address set on the WAN without a problem, allowing them to be statically assigned on our office's LAN with a dependable IP address.
> 
> The Pico... by default it has no WAN IP address and it shares 2 IPs on its LAN interface, the 10. address generated from it's MAC and the 169 address. Whenever I try to give the WAN a static, it stops responding to all traffic to it: HTTP, ping, nothing. Although, using TCPdump I can see that it has indeed taken the new LAN-range IP address.
> 
> What in the world is going on with these things? Does anyone else have this issue?
> 
> Are these meant to be used in a different way than Rockets? This issue is on both 1.1 and 1.2.
> 
> Also, it reboots every few minutes.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Adam L.
> 
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