Mesh

It would be nice to do some meshes to be able to access the network (dualband routers with mesh on both bands and access on 2.4 + 2.4 ghz only routers to keep it very cheap).

We have a test mesh:

ssids:
mesh.squesh.net (2.4ghz) bssid: 12:CE:69:22:92:E9
mesh5.squesh.net (5ghz) bssid: 1E:14:73:CD:43:5F
access.squesh.net 2.4 and 5, where clients can connect and will get address with dhcp

It is running batman-adv, a layer2 routing protocol( http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Wiki )

To join (as a router):
iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc essid mesh.squesh.net ap 12:CE:69:22:92:E9 #not all wireless cards work fine with ad-hoc, atheros usually does work fine.
ifconfig wlan0 up
batctl if add wlan0
brctl addif accessbr bat0 #accessbr is a bridge with all the interfacess clients connect to (like the access.squesh interface)


Check if you have neigbours with: batctl o

Routers (not all meshing or doing anything yet):

4x WA7510N   ath9k 5ghz
1x WRT160NL  ath9k
1x TL-WR740N ath9k 
1x wl-500g premium
1x computer (trashbat) with usb RTL8188CUS

Stuff to look at

notes

http://battlemesh.org/

Mesh routing proto's:

batman-adv
babeld
olsr
olsr2

router firmware:
http://wiki.villagetelco.org/Main_Page
http://meshkit.freifunk.net/
quickmesh project: http://qmp.cat/Documentation
gluon (batman-adv used by some freifunk projects): http://gluon.readthedocs.org/en/v2014.4/

Interesting hardware

allwinner

http://linux-sunxi.org/Sunxi_devices_as_NAS

  • Banana pi 40E delivered 1000 mbit http://www.bananapi.org/p/product.html
  • orange pi allwinner H3 Quad-core Cortex-A7 512m ram??? 15E delivered 100 mbit interface http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Orange-Pi-PC-linux-and-android-mini-PC-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2/1553371_32448079125.html

marvell armada

  • nic.cz turris Marvell Armada 385 not available yet. https://www.turris.cz/en/

Mikrotik RB260GS

Mikrotik RB260GS:
http://www.routerboard.sk/files/pdf/rb250gs_brochure.pdf

Has AR8327 switch chip (is also in WR1043ND v2)
wikidevi.com/files/Atheros/specsheets/AR8327_AR8327N.pdf
https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/net/phy/rtl8366rb.c?rev=22545

Soc taifatech TF470:
http://www.taifatech.com/files/TF470_Product_Brief_02.pdf

Flash:
http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/SST_39VF010

Related:
https://www.bsdcan.org/2012/schedule/attachments/201_BSDCan-2012-Bethke-Ethernet-Switch-Framework.pdf
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/435110/
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/net/2012-01/msg00216.html

intel avaton / rangley

C2758 (rangeley) (E400,-)
 8 cores
 http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/372549/supermicro-a1sri-2758f-retail-pack/specificaties/
 4 Gbit / 2.5 Gbit ports
 Has quickassist (apparently can do 10Gbit encryption????) (but not sure how well supported)
 https://01.org/packet-processing/intel%C2%AE-quickassist-technology-drivers-and-patches
 has AES-NI which can speed up ipsec

wifi stuff

Simultanious dualband ap's
  N:
     http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3600 128ram + 8 flash +usb (less than E50)
       ath9k wireless
       Has gigabit layer3 switch with hardware NAT, IGMP snooping, etc.
       https://wikidevi.com/files/Atheros/specsheets/AR8327_AR8327N.pdf

     http://eud.dx.com/product/2-4ghz-5ghz-wireless-dual-band-wi-fi-repeater-w-eu-wall-plug-black-white-844354603#.VTPzCXQvA1I


  AC:
     www.dx.com/nl/p/xiaomi-mi-wi-fi-mini-wireless-router-white-343870 (35$ from china)
     http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/mini
     http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Dual-Band-1200Mbps-WIFI-Router-WIFI-Repeater-Tenda-Gigabit-Wireless-Router-Roteador-4-Antenna-802-11AC/32219652640.html
     http://www.banggood.com/Xiaomi-Router-Mini-AC-Intelligent-Wifi-Dual-Band-Max-1167Mbps-White-p-964846.html
      has similar hardware to WRTnode (plus the extra 5ghz ac), accoding to qmp.cat wrtnode works ok with ad-hoc mode

Dualband:
  http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/335928/tp-link-n600-universele-dubbelband-wi-fi-entertainment-adapter-met-4-aansluitingen.html

Cheap AP running openwrt:
  http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/280090/tp-link-tl-wr841n.html

ubiquity edgerouter

Ubiquity edgerouter lite (E100,-):
  http://rtfm.net/FreeBSD/ERL/
  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3