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 Subject :Ubiquity Rocket M2 Internet.. 2014-11-18- 13:52:54 
VA3ZTF
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I was able to borrow 3 Ubiquity Rocket M2s from work, and easily flashed them with the HSMM firmware and set them up in a 3 node mesh, using small wifi antennas and low power to experiment and learn within the confines of my house.  I would like to experiment with adding an internet gateway to facilitate remote updates and limited routing of services over the internet, possibly linking 2 dislocated mesh networks together.

Since the M2 only has a single ethernet port, I haven't been able to find a way to configure it for WAN access.  I also looked at the possibility of connecting it to router, but can't find a way to add routes to the routing table.

Can anyone help me out or give me some ideas.  As I say, I'm exploring the realm of the possible here, just to see the capabilities. I was going to try this with a WRT54G router, but since support for those will be ending, I'd like to focus on the Ubiquity product.

Thanks for the help,

Jeremy

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 Subject :Re:Ubiquity Rocket M2 Internet.. 2014-11-18- 15:28:04 
k5dlq
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You need a 802.1Q VLAN capable external switch.

Here's a link to a great article by AE5CA - http://ae5ca.com/?p=49

FYI, I picked up a new Netgear GS105E 5-port switch off Amazon for around $50
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 Subject :Re:Ubiquity Rocket M2 Internet.. 2014-11-19- 12:43:07 
VA3ZTF
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Thanks, I'll see if I can find something at work that will do the trick. Do any of the settings on the radio need to be changed, or will this work with the default setup?
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 Subject :Re:Ubiquity Rocket M2 Internet.. 2014-11-19- 17:22:09 
k5dlq
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no changes needed on the node.

Just switch configuration for the vlans.
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 Subject :Re:Ubiquity Rocket M2 Internet.. 2014-12-12- 03:27:38 
VA3ZTF
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So I've got a switch and configured it as per AE5CAs instructions for a single node above. My configuration has Node1 connected to the switch, with an internet connection and a Raspberry Pi. Node2 is a stand alone repeater, and Node3 has a netbook connected. I can get to the internet from the Raspberry Pi, but not from any of the other nodes. I was under the assumption that any node that connected to the mesh would be able to access the internet. The proof of concept I'm trying to achieve is to have a computer connected to a node in the mesh, able to access a remote node with an internet connection, in order to use a radio in a remote shack across the internet (hopefully that makes sense). I would also like to white list certain websites such as this one to aid in reference and troubleshooting. I imagine this should be as simple as adding in some static routes or a gateway of last resort into the routing table, but I haven't found a way to do that. Is this possible?
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 Subject :Re:Ubiquity Rocket M2 Internet.. 2014-12-12- 08:26:43 
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It sounds like you have internet at node 1 and you want to get internet at node 2 and 3 through the mesh (wireless, no cat5).


On node 1 go into setup and select the internet gateway check box. Then node 2 and node 3 as well as anyone else that can connect to you mesh should have internet.

I generally do not like the use of the internet gateway feature in a largemesh. If you need it for a local function like this you may want to use a different said to prevent a larger mesh from connecting. 
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