[Commotion-discuss] Splash page and mesh node profiles

[Andy Gunn]

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Hi Mikhail - I believe you are required to set up a wireless mesh
interface during the "Setup Wizard" when you first install a node, but
you can then disable it later, using the process I described in the
last email.

It is possible this could be "skipped" in future versions of
Commotion, but it is unclear if this would be very helpful because
most of the time you want to set up mesh wireless!


On 06/03/2015 02:37 PM, Falanster wrote:
> Hello Andy,
> 
> Thanks for the answers. It helped to understand more. I've added
> several questions below.
> 
>> 
>>> 2. Now I try to test network from 3 mesh nodes. For each node
>>> I use one access point. Each access point are closely AP (3-4
>>> meters) and connected with ethernet wires. I would like to
>>> exclude extra meshivization by AP routers in parrallel with
>>> mesh nodes. Do I need to delete all node profiles in commotion
>>> firmware for AP routers?
>> 
>> I'm not sure what you are asking here - is Commotion installed on
>> the Access Points, or are they installed with the original
>> manufacturer's firmware, say TP-Link?
>> 
>> If they have Commotion on them, are you trying to disable the
>> wireless mesh functonality? If so, you can go to: Advanced ->
>> Network -> Interfaces
>> 
>> Then click the "edit" button next to the mesh interface - it will
>> have whatever name you gave it during setup. On the next page,
>> click "Advanced Settings", then uncheck "Bring up on boot".
>> 
>> You can return to the Interfaces menu and hit "stop" by the mesh 
>> interface at this point. It should disconnect this router from
>> the mesh. When the router reboots, it will not connect to the
>> mesh.
>> 
>> (If you want to re-enable the mesh connection, just reverse this
>> process )
>> 
>> You can then set up meshing over Ethernet to connect to the
>> Commotion node it is wired to, if you wish.
> 
> Is it necessary to add mesh network interface on the page 
> /admin/commotion/basic/mesh_network  ? or is it enough to remain
> empty the mesh profile?
> 

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Andy Gunn, Field Engineer
Open Technology Institute, New America
andygunn at opentechinstitute.org | 202-596-3484
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