diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cdc2795..93858bd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ config mount option enabled 1 option enabled_fsck 0 ``` -Reboot the device (`$ reboot -f`) and use `$ df -h' to confirm device now runs off the USB-Drive +Reboot the device (`$ reboot -f`) and use `$ df -h` to confirm device now runs off the USB-Drive Next we configure the swap partition @@ -87,5 +87,61 @@ Edit fstab again now make the swap look like this: config mount option device /dev/sda2 option enabled - +``` ### Wireless configuration + +The next section is on how to set up the network interfaces to work with B.A.T.M.A.N the mesh networking protocol. It is more or less a summary of what's written [(here)](http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Batman-adv-openwrt-config) + +`$ vi etc/config/wireless` and edit the wireless interface to look like this: + +Dont forget to remove the line that disables wireless + +``` +config wifi-iface 'wmesh' + + option device 'radio0' + + option ifname 'adhoc0' + + option network 'mesh' + + option mode 'adhoc' + + option ssid 'mesh' + + option bssid '66:66:66:66:66:66' +``` + +Next up is `$ vi etc/config/wireless` where we add this interface: + +``` +config interface 'mesh' + + option ifname 'adhoc0' + + option mtu '1528' + + option proto 'none' + +``` + +Lastly we edit `$ /etc/config/batman-adv ` to tell it which interface to use. + +``` +config mesh 'bat0' + + option interfaces 'adhoc0' + + option 'aggregated_ogms' + + option 'ap_isolation' + + option [..] +``` + +`$ /etc/init.d/network restart` to make the changes take effect. + +If you have set this up properly on more than one node, the nodes should be able to see each other. Test with `$ batctl -o` + +Make sure that you have the same version of batctl and openwrt on all nodes you plan to use. +`$ uname -a && batctl -v ` to see the version information.