The WRT54GL is still for sale, new, on ebay.  So they are not hard to find.  You could save your self a huge amount of time starting with supported hardware.  Working with a WRT54G v8 would be a challenging project for someone with expert hardware and software skills.  If you get it working, let is know how you did it. 

The HSMM-MESH firmware will not fit in the native memory of a WRT54 v8.  There is no easy way to "leave stuff out" to try to make it fit.  If you can't get the firmware image loaded, you can't boot it.

If you want to try get a taste of trying to work with minimal foot print 3rd party firmware in newer Linksys routers, check out dd-wrt for ideas on how one might try.  We do not have a method for loading working HSMM-MESH firmware into a WRT54G v8.

-Glenn

KD5MFW

Good evening, I have a WRT54G v8 that I would like to set up to run HSMM-Mesh. My plan is to modify the router to support either an SD card or USB stick (possibly both) for the main file system. My question is this; what is the absolute minimum firmware loadout that I can use to accomplish this using the firmware build tools that are available here? I know I should try to find a supported router, but they are getting difficult to find; a recent search I did on "FleaBay" shows an increasing number of newer, "incompatible", routers.

These seem a little pricey at $154. but would they be appropriate for mobile use? http://www.rflinx.com/products/amplifiers/2400/ca/

Or maybe this 1w bi-directional amp for $89.95?

http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/wre1000mw.php

(apologies if this is a duplicate, but I didn't see the original post so...)

After discovering that the hardware I bought to play with HSMM-MESH is mostly incompatible, I was able to load one standard node on a WRT54G, create a node in Debian linux and connect it, and then flash DD-WRT on a linksys E2000 and then get all three to talk.

Questions:

1) with OLSR HSMM-MESH uses the secure module.  Is that really needed if mesh nets all use the same key?

2) Are there alternatives to netmsg to beacon call signs?  DD-WRT doesn't have it; Debian has smbclient but that hasn't worked for me yet.

Thanks,

Shaun

Hi Rick,

Ill do a path profile using your coords and see which you could hit. You can do it too, by following the link in the menu: Web Links-Propagation & Mapping - Hey Whats that (#2). You pick 2 (or more) points on the map, enter in 2412 for Mhz. After clicking a point (or more), click the link next to the point info on the right and if you enter +#### (a number) will give it HAAT for more accuracy.

The 2 I know of closest to you would be CP Hospital (profiler shows no chance) and Bagdad north of LHS (better, but still no-go @2412Mhz).

I was hoping to have a few more nodes up around G-town, but as of yet Williamson County is being slow to get some in the air. I am starting to plan a Mesh Field Day at San Gabriel here real soon to get people to learn about HSMM-Mesh, and try to get more involvement up your way.

If you want, I can let you know when it is, once we get things lined up.

73

Jim

K5KTF

Hi, K5RIK is new to this forum. I am on County Road 245, Williamson county, approx: N 30 46 52  W 97  46 52). Is there a node I can reach from that location?  I am pretty far from the locations shown on the map. Thanks. 73, Rik

Has anyone tried to run Asterisk or other services on the Alix, Raspberry, or Beagle platforms on their HSMM networks? With so many cheap low power platforms out there, we may have a flood of possibilities.  Also, is there a standardized format for making services such as IRC, and filesharing available? I was thinking it would be nice to have formatted editable PDFs ready to be filled out for documenting disasters. If anyone can point me toward the right documentation, I would love to check it out.