[Commotion-discuss] WDS configuration
LuigiScop
luigi.scopelliti at fastwebnet.it
Wed Jun 5 17:30:34 UTC 2013
Thanks Ben for your comments.
Are very useful.
I need some help to go in the right direction to use to software and the
hardware correctly.
Without a manual it takes to me lot of time to try and try.I didn't
write the software.
See my email on linux laptop.
I had already tried the new repository as you are suggesting.
See there my comments.
Luigi
Il 05/06/2013 19:08, Ben West ha scritto:
> Hi Luigi,
>
> Although I can't speak for Commotion developers at OTI, I think it its
> likely they would not be able to support WDS modes very well at all.
> Besides the partially-functional modes that you have discovered.
>
> WDS is generally a proprietary extension of 802.11, whereby the
> flavors of WDS developed by different manufacturers (e.g. Atheros,
> Broadcom) do not inter-operate, probably by design.
>
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/clientmode#wds.-.wireless.distribution.system
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/broadcomwds
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/atheroswds
>
> Likewise, I think the sort of STA-AP links that WDS builds will not
> play well with either the captive portal or the firewall settings used
> in Commotion-OpenWRT.
>
> So, the instance of Commotion you have working here likely would not
> mesh with any nodes running Commotion-OpenWRT firmware with canonical
> configuration.
>
> For the mode of meshing that Commotion OpenWRT (and
> commmotion-mesh-applet under Ubuntu/Debian) depends on, the preferred
> approach to this topology is to have the nodes talk to each other over
> a dedicated ad-hoc VIF (virtual interface), and then have each node
> broadcast its public AP as an additional VIF. This approach avoids
> proprietary 802.11 extensions like WDS, to ensure compatibility with
> as many wifi clients as possible.
>
> Have you tried flashing the Picostations with the Commotion-OpenWRT
> images available here (either stable PR3 or unstable DR1)? The
> Picostation M2 radios should run the "bullet" images fine, and it
> seems they should work for your 2-node mesh.
> https://commotionwireless.net/download
>
> Likewise, and to address your questions about Commotion under
> Ubuntu/Debian, here are recent builds of the commotion-mesh-applet
> GNOME applet, olsrd daemon, and NetworkManager agent:
> https://launchpad.net/~guardianproject/+archive/commotion
> <https://launchpad.net/%7Eguardianproject/+archive/commotion>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:43 AM, LuigiScop
> <luigi.scopelliti at fastwebnet.it
> <mailto:luigi.scopelliti at fastwebnet.it>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I want to share more info about the test.
> I used to "commotion wifi" ESSID.
> The host PC (iPhone)was Wifi connected to the Client-WDS picostation.
> The Adsl modem was connected to the LAN port of POE of the second
> AP-WDS Picostation.
> The two picostations are installed on two balconies(50 m up from
> ground) of my building .One balcony looking North, the other one
> looking West.
> In this way I can distribute internet wirelessy over two areas
> that are located in orthogonal directions down to the street. The
> distance of the 2 picostations is about 15 m each other but the
> RF signal has to go through the walls of the apartment and the
> attenuation is significant.
> If I go with my iPhone on the street I can connect the iPhone to
> Internet at a distance of about 100 m from the base of building on
> one direction and 100 m on the other direction.I have created two
> internet hot spots with only 1 Internet access.
> The output power of the picostation has been set to 14 dBm because
> italian regulation.This is why the distance is not so significant.
> But the configuration is good for testing.
> Luigi
>
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. WDS configuration (LuigiScop)
>
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> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 09:10:06 +0200
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> <mailto:luigi.scopelliti at fastwebnet.it>>
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> host PC-->Picostation(Client-WDS)->Picostation(AP-WDS)->adsl modem
>
> Wifi Access to internet from the client side works.
>
> Luigi
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