[Commotion-discuss] RPi Gateway

[Josh Harle]

Hi All,

I have another question, which I'm sure people can give me insight on.

In my mesh network, plugging into a router works fine, and we get the
internet.

I'd like to use an Raspberry Pi running dnsmasq to resolve all DNS queries
to itself, and serve up some content.  Just like a captive portal really,
but with the mesh in between.

When I first connect it, the mesh node connected to it picks it up as a
gateway.  The DNS isn't being served through it though, and I can only
connect to it via its IP address.  After a while the node no longer shows
itself as connected to a gateway.

What's the difference between it and a normal gateway?  What do I have to
do to get DNS served up through it across the network?

For bonus points, how much trouble would it be to put more than one RPi
into the network at different points to spread the load and reduce latency
across a geographically spread network?

Thanks for being awesome, in advance!



Kind Regards,

Josh Harle
BSc (Hons) BA BFA PhD
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