I just joined and got approved yesterday. I heard about HSMM-Mesh a couple of months ago. Took a quick look, decided it was interesting and set it aside. A week ago I was at a ham event and it was discussed, so I decided to take another look. I already owned a WRT54G (v4) which wasn't in use, then I ordered two WRT54GL's. I also have a couple of beams on order but they seem to be on the slow boat from China.

I have already configured the three routers and connected them together in the house. I inadvertently put one in access point mode and it took me a whole day to figure out how to get it out of that mode. It was easy once I found the correct instructions and followed them. I have already connected computers to the routers and connected to them (SSH) to prove connectivity. It takes some getting used to as on my home network I normally refer to them by name (<name>.local) vice by ip address. I still need to learn about how to see what components are connected to the network (else I'll need to use static ip's to ensure they don't mess things up on a random reboot).

My initial goal is to setup a network between my house, my friends house (yes a ham), and the club repeater site. I've long wanted to set up parameter monitoring there (room temperature, humidity, battery voltage, etc). I presently expect to put a Raspberry Pi at the site, probably wired to the router. On this end I would like to do some automated processing of the information so it's visible on the Internet and perhaps APRS. One of the things I need to learn here is how to have a computer utilize two different networks (HSMM-Mesh & Internet).

I'll be counting on getting information and advice here. I am still working on reading the recommended book. I'm about halfway through it.

-- Chip/n1mie