[Commotion-discuss] Help compiling for TL-WR1043N/ND v3

[Ben West]

I've compiled OpenWRT trunk r49379 for the TL-WR1043N v3.  My understanding
is that a trunk version is required for this device, i.e. can't flash it
with BB or CC.

>From prior experience compiling Commotion atop r3xxxx-era OpenWRT, I'd
anticipate these specific difficulties:

- Compiling Commotion's luci packages atop recent OpenWRT trunk.  I think
there is significant enough delta in the OpenWRT luci repo that current
revisions won't compile cleanly with Commotion.
- Compiling Commotion's olsr packages atop olsrd v0.9, which is now the
version packaged with OpenWRT trunk.  Similar situation.
- Dealing with Commotion libcyassl dependencies, since that package appears
to be gradually phasing out in favor of libpolarssl as lightweight
alternative to libopenssl.

Please note I can't offer availability in addressing these barriers to a
clean compile, just sharing experience to help guide others.


On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Nicolas North <star at nikksno.io> wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> I'm starting a mesh network project here in Milano, Italia, where I
> live, and I already have 40 nodes up and running both outside and inside
> peoples' houses, with both commotion and a pure openwrt + olsrd setup as
> described on the Metamesh website. I intend to switch to a 100%
> commotion network because of some potentially show stopping issues I'm
> encountering on Tplink routers with Metamesh's setup [I'm doing something
> wrong I'm sure - more details below].
>
> *I would immensely appreciate any help in getting commotion compiled for
> the TP-Link TL-WR1043N/ND v3 and if possible the TP-Link Archer c7 v2
> [which is dual band AC so I only have two of them as a test for now].*
>
> In the past I was able to compile openwrt on a linux
> vm with a lot of trial and error but was never able to access the
> command line config menu for the commotion compiler. I also ran into svn
> tutorials for commotion but only ever found git repos. Also I don't know
> the specs to compile for my speficic hardware, are those available on
> the owrt toh? How can I avoid using the trunk version of openwrt if
> there's no stable version listed for the WR1043N/ND v3? I have very little
> experience with software compilation so
> any help would be fantastic.
>
> I've had a very lengthy back and forth conversation that started here on
> the list and then went private with Josh and Ben and Adam over at
> Metamesh who have all been extremely nice and helpful and I thank them
> if the project is where it is today. But now I need your help in
> ensuring this doesn't all just collapse in front of us because of these
> issues. For the record, Metamesh is amazing, Adam, has been great, and
> I'm sure their setup works, and I'm doing something wrong, but after
> reading Josh's message about the future of commotion, I want all my
> nodes on commotion for the future of the project.
>
> *Any help is of vital importantance for our project. About 100 people are*
> * waiting for this to work every day. Please help. Thank you very much in
> advance.*
>
>
> Nicolas
>
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