what license requirements are there to operate a hsmm-mesh network? im looking to set up a 5w transmitter and getting a few of the local hams together. theres a test session comming up in a couple months and i dont want to waste money taking the test and not be able to do what i want to. talking to a local ham, he had no expierience or knowledge of what the requirements are. thanks

Hello all,

I was given a LinkSys Router model WRT150N version 1.1  I downloaded the software for it or what I thought is the right one.  I used the hsmm-mesh-0.4.2-wrt150n.bin file. It starts to upload into the router then stops half way and reverts back to the preloaded Linksys software. I'm wondering if there is a version of this router v1 and I have a newer version being v1.1  I've already upgraded 9 WRT54g(gs & gl) models and they work fine with HSMM-Mesh, so re-flashing is not new to me.

Any ideas on this?

Thanks for any help or comments.

Eric...KD4MZM...

Here's another Australian group working on mesh networking for smartphones:

http://www.servalproject.org/

The open source software turns smartphones into HTs -- with routers serving as repeaters.  The WiFi transceivers in smartphones are the weak link since they are presently designed only for short-range WiFi.  If the next generation of those radios can be upgraded to long-range WiFi, it is possible the node to node mesh range can be extended to match the performance of the cell radios in the same phones (miles instead of hundreds of feet).

...Dan K6DPY

uhhhh, why is it trying to use port 1805?

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(21:39:23) proxy: Connecting to 10.37.241.45:1805 with no proxy

(21:39:23) proxy: Connection in progress

(21:39:44) proxy: Connecting to 10.37.241.45:1805.

(21:39:44) proxy: Error connecting to 10.37.241.45:1805(Connection timed out).

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That seems suspicious. Like maybe the client software is doing that by some default?

I'm still having problems with the file transfer section of IRC. I'm stuck and looking for some additional advice. Here is my debug log... I am using pidgin.

(21:38:26) irc: Receiving file (Untitled_0001.wmv) from 10.37.241.45

(21:39:04) irc: Receiving file (Untitled_0001.wmv) from 10.37.241.45

(21:39:23) xfer: request accepted for 0x9dd4950

(21:39:23) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for 10.37.241.45

(21:39:23) dnsquery: IP resolved for 10.37.241.45

(21:39:23) proxy: Attempting connection to 10.37.241.45

(21:39:23) proxy: Connecting to 10.37.241.45:1805 with no proxy

(21:39:23) proxy: Connection in progress

(21:39:44) proxy: Connecting to 10.37.241.45:1805.

(21:39:44) proxy: Error connecting to 10.37.241.45:1805(Connection timed out).

(21:39:44) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Connection timed out

Thanks in advance! Mike

Yeah, we've got an app for that.

On 1/24/12, Marty W9OV and I set up two mesh nodes KV4I-100 and W9OV-100 and completed the following tasks.

Web server access between two MESH nodes (like we did at the Vol ARES meeting 1/21/12)

D-RATS chat and messaging between two MESH nodes via a D-RATS Repeater Proxy (RatFlector)

Focus VideoPhone video chat between two MESH nodes.

Details on the D-RATs  and VideoPhone setup appear in the Applications forum in HSMM-MESH.org

Thanks to Bud N0IA and Marty W9OV we've also obtained the use of a 24 db grid parabolic antenna and an 18 db panel antenna. After we obtain connectors and rig up mounts, we'll be announcing a date for an outdoors field test.

73 Mark KV4I

On 1/24/12, Marty, W9OV and I used Focus VideoPhone (free from http://focusmedia.ru/prod_phone_en.htm) to conduct a Video Chat between two HSMM-MESH nodes.

Focus Video Phone is real time point to point video chat software. Unlike Skype, Focus Video Phone does not require a server or the Internet, only two points reachable over a network.

We installed Focus VideoPhone on one laptop connected to a LAN port on KV4I-100 and on one laptop connected to a LAN port on W9OV-100. On each MESH node, we enabled port forwarding for the WiFi interface using TCP on port 4500 (Outside port and LAN port) for the laptop IP address where we installed the Focus VideoPhone. No services were advertised.

We added the address W90V-100 to VideoPhone Address book on the computer connected to KV4I-100 and added KV4I-100 to the Address book on the computer connected to W9OV-100. We made video chat connections without any problems.

Along the way we discovered that computers connected to MESH nodes with port forwarding on port 4500 could not call computers connected to nodes that didn't have port forwarding enabled for port 4500.

However, computers connected to nodes which included port forwarding on port 4500 could receive calls from and communicate with nodes that did not have port 4500 forwarding enabled. After we enabled port forwarding on both nodes, each computer could initiate calls.

73 Mark KV4I

On 1/24/12, Marty, W9OV and I sucessfully passed D-RATs traffic between two HSMM-MESH nodes. Here's the setup we used:

HSMM-MESH node KV4I-100 hosted a D-RATS Repeater Proxy (AKA a RatFlector) running on a laptop connected to one of the 4 LAN KV4I-100 LAN ports. The RatFlector is part of the standard D-RATs install available from d-rats.com. The RatFlector settings were left at the default settings to accept incoming connections, to trust localhost and to use Port 9000. The only configuration changed was to assign a Repeater Callsign.

KV4I-100 Port Forwarding was enabled for the WiFi interface TCP traffic with outside and LAN ports set to 9000.

We also ran an instance of D-RATs on the laptop running the RatFlector and on a second computer which was connected to the second LAN port on KV4I-100.

On W9OV-100, we connected a laptop computer to one of the 4 LAN ports and launched D-RATs. In the D-RATS Config screen (File\Preferences\Radio) we added a port (name should be the Repeater callsign so you know what's on the port, type = Network, Host Address = KV4I-100, port = 9000).

There was no need to advertise the service at either node and no need to enable port forwarding on W9OV-100.

It worked fine.

Mark KV4I

Good afternoon!

In reading the literature on this site and others, I am playing with my test node for various functions.

One, is attempting to add the irc server! 

Following the install instructions, all has gone well up to the part "Configuring Your IRC Server"

The laptop I am attempting to do this with is running OpenSUSE and had used ssh on this machine in the past experimenting with another project.

Through the terminal, has tried every thing under the sun to login to my HSMM-Mesh node with no joy!

Can someone give me some hints as to what I may be missing? 

Note: Firewall is not turned on in the laptop, as that machine never sees the internet.

Thanks,

K5STX