I was wondering is there anyone out there using Microtik Groove or Metal routers with the new Ubiquiti software ?

MS Jordan

I am a little loss as to why the Mikrotik Series of routers cannot be used?

Does the firmware on the routers have to be changed? If so, is the source code available?

Since the Mikrotik is such a versatile router series, and supports different frequency bands via plug-in wireless modules, it would seem an excellent choice?

I have several units and would be willing to do some experimentation.

Eric - ve3ei

Pay attention to what Conrad posted.

You're on your own for the install process.  It will take some configuration and installation.  Maybe even some coding and compilation.  Then you'll have a node that can talk to a BBHN mesh, but it won't have the user interface that BBHN has, unless you port that part of the code as well.

i.e. It won't be the full BBHN platform. 

Most people won't have the skills to do the port themselves without a lot of learning.

There are lots of hardware platforms that CAN be made to talk to BBHN mesh, but you have to understand linux, networks, and software to figure out how to make it work. 

There are also some hardware platforms that probably won't work because of different processors or hardware with proprietary device drivers that won't do what BBHN needs, such as ad hoc mode.

Oops, I forgot to answer completely.  The BBHN source code is available.  I believe some of the device device drivers for some of the hardware is proprietary to the manufacturers.

Oh BTW. I was hoping to use the Mikrotik directly as is, as it does support MESH operation. However, their MESH implementation seems to be proprietary and not compatible with BroadbandHamnet?

Eric?

Fixed part of the multi-post.

As soon as I can get my hands on a Microtik device, I'll start looking at how I can port BBHN over to the device.

Hi,

Miktorik use RouterOS which closed OS and you can not add own compiled packages like OLSRD etc.

In RouterOS you can use Mesh but is own solution by Mikrotik which is not compatible with others and in this way you must use only Mikrotik in you local network. Because we are ham radio and like make experiments with different topology, protocols solution in Miktorik for us is not good :-)

What is solution? and how to use OLSRD, Batman, Babel etc. Because in our country we can by used RB411, RB112 where price is about 12 $, I have replaced RouterOS with OpenWRT where I have modified driver ATH5K to work on hamradio bandplan and we can use RB411/RB433/RB112 on frequency between 2.3 Ghz and 2.48 Ghz and 5.6 Ghz in hamradio bandplan with WIFI card CM9, WMIA-123AG/E WMIA-165AG/E.

I  tried use Metrouter but I am not remember what kind of problems I had with metarouter on RouterOS

How to replace RouterOS with OpenWRT you can find on internet like:

https://blog.poettner.de/2011/05/27/openwrt-trunk-on-mikrotik-routerboard-411750/

After this you can use any protocols to make experiments with Mesh like OLSRD, Batman, BABEL etc

In Poland we use at current following hardware:

Ubiquiti M2/M5

Ubiquiti Nanostation2 and Nanostation5 and Loco version

TPlink like WR740, WA901, etc all with Atheros radio chipset

TPLink WA521G working nice with internal 12 dBi panel antenna and max power about 28 dBm

Mikrotik RB411/433, RB 112

At current we use OLSRD but I have test other Mesh protocol BABEL which look very promising compare to OLSRD.

You can find more information about BABEL:

http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/babel/

Babel is available in OpenWRT

PS. SM7I and KF6PVT I have sned via email link to FW for mikrotik

73 Waldek SP2ONG

You can find information on www page

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostation

where is information that you can upload firmware on LiteStation2:

"LiteStation 2 - uses openwrt-atheros-ubnt2-squashfs.bin . Steps for flashing are the same as NanoStation2"

for example:

https://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/atheros/generic/

https://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/atheros/generic/openwrt-atheros-ubnt2-squashfs.bin

73 Waldek SP2ONG