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Describe NodeJTX here.12/07/2008
Thanks for all the help of the mailing with regards to the setup. I finally found some good on line references explaining what I need to do so now my network diagram is all changed. (again, if I have setup it up incorrectly or if it needs more changes to bring it into line with MWN, please let me know).
anyway. New design image.
I spent last night for about 4 hours reading various pages and links about linux bridging which was way more informative, than the previous search's I had done for linux wireless routing or wireless bridging.
Anyway. for any others that might follow in this setup, here are the steps I performed.
1. Insured that each NIC (wireless and wired) all worked perfectly.
2. Created a Bridged device combining all 2 wireless interfaces.
3. Created/updated the Bridge device combining all 2 wireless interfaces and the wired ethernet interface.
9/06/2008
Well, worked out my network diagram... pity I dont have any one to connect to yet.
I am still trying to figure out the BR requirements for MAD wifi drivers and a Voyage 0.5.0 WRAP. And still havnt got it mounted outside yet, but hopefully within the next 2 weeks. (any help of the correct Voyage setup for a WRAP for bridging/routing/etc would be great!)
I figure breaking the DHCP scope between both interface devices to insure I get some local and remote (as much as posible) coverage.
26/05/2008
Requested a DHCP scope today. Ran a Kismet scan of about 270 degrees sweep with my directional in both vertical and horizontal middle of last week. Couldn't find any other wireless members (although I did find a number of nodes).
I hope to have the mast mounted on the house this coming weekend.
18/05/2008
Well didnt get a chance to go up on the roof and do a sweep, but did get a mast and assemble the who kit together
Will insert a photo shortly.
The above image has my Directional (you can see that attached near the top), with the omni (the white tube) attached at the top (you can make it out through the grill of the omni.
The WRAP (outdoor weather proof) is mounted at the bottom.
14/05/2008
While after a year of gathering dust (cough's) I finally got around to doing some more work & update.
. Reinstall Voyage , this time Version 0.5 onto my 512 CF card. . Installed THTTPD and setup a basic web page . used apt-get to install Kismet on the WRAP. . Performed a Kismet scan from my lounge room and it found 5 devices just with the omni connected. . Installed Kismet (windows) and connected to Kismet drone running on WRAP and got the same data.
Plans - Well if all goes well with my time for te weekend I shall go get a mast from bunnings for attaching to the chimney on sunday, and then do a 360 scan with my Dish in Vertical to a Kismet drone/log and then same scan with it in vertical.
I hope to publish the results here.
19/5/2007
Well got both network cards connected, one to a 9db Omni and one to a 6db panel, and configured one card to 10.10.200.1(essid NodeJTX1) and other to 10.10.210.1(essid NodeJTX0) with each having a .10-.20 DHCP scope. (yes I know I havent been allocated IPs yet, this was just for quick testing as they are easy to type.)
Testing with my trusty ipaq 3660, PCMCIA expansion pack, an Orinoco gold card and running ministumbler I successfully found both nodes. Having the Omni Jammed between 2 cushions on my couch to hold it upright and the panel balancing on top of the couch, I have just now gone for a wander NSEW (as I am on a intersection corner) to see what signal strenght and distance I got.
Even from the mount point in the lounge, I have to say the distance was I got before all signal dropped off was
I am still having one problem though. After I do a soft reboot (SSH into the WRAP and do a reboot command) while the device list shows the SR2 card, I cant find it at all with my Ipaq. If anybody has any ideas why this occurs please let me know, mainly cause the SR2 card is meant to be my Omni and my CM9 for the directional 24db dish eventually.
18/5/2007
Well This is me here and I am setting up a new node (obviously).
I had recently purchased in the last month a WRAP2 board, outdoors box and 2 minipci cards to go with it from
Yawarra and using the CF image "voyage031_512_Eber.img.gz" from their site I had no end of problems getting the damn wireless things to work! (The OS did boot up, and using Putty I was able to SSH into the ethernet port)I finally stumbled over this reference
page and everything started to click into place.What I will do is document what I did to get it working, including the testing steps I did on the way, and hopefully post it.
But with all the recent rain I still gotta get up to the roof yet and find what A/B/G nodes I can see and posible connect to.
-Randy At JTX.
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