Changes between Version 54 and Version 55 of expansion/gw16146

Timestamp:

05/30/2024 10:08:07 PM (6 months ago)

Author:

Ryan Erbstoesser

Comment:

add mesh section, work in progress

expansion/gw16146

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+==== 802.11s Mesh
+
+Mesh has a lot of options and is complex in it's nature.
+
+Newracom uses and evaluation kit (EVK) on a Raspberry Pi and a lot of mesh functionality and examples about that are shown in this document [https://github.com/Gateworks/nrc7292/blob/master/package/host/doc/AN-7292-007-11s_mesh_network.pdf here] . Gateworks does not use a lot of the scripts and software packages from Newracom despite using the Newracom driver.
+
+A basic example to setup a 'mesh point' would be the following:
+1. Verify proper operation of the GW16146 in standard AP/STA mode first
+1. Create a wpa_supplicant.conf file that defines the radio as a 'mesh point', example below of a wpa_supplicant.conf file
+{{{
+ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
+
+country=US
+network={
+    ssid="nrc_mesh"
+    mode=5
+    scan_ssid=1
+    key_mgmt=NONE
+    beacon_int=100
+#BW.11ah(Freq)
+    frequency=5795
+    freq_list=5795
+    scan_freq=5795
+    dot11MeshRetryTimeout=1000
+    dot11MeshHoldingTimeout=400
+    dot11MeshMaxRetries=4
+    mesh_rssi_threshold=-90
+    mesh_basic_rates= 60 120 240
+    #no_auto_peer=1
+}
+p2p_disabled=1
+ignore_old_scan_res=1
+mesh_max_inactivity=-1
+
+}}}
+1. Be sure the wlan0 interface exists and is up
+{{{
+ifconfig wlan0 up
+}}}
+1. Bring up the radio using wpa_supplicant:
+{{{
+
+wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dddd &
+}}}
+
+Verify that the interface is in 'mesh' mode by seeing where it says 'type mesh point' in the example below:
+{{{#!bash
+# iw wlan0 info
+Interface wlan0
+        ifindex 4
+        wdev 0x1
+        addr 1c:bc:ec:1b:2a:87
+        type mesh point
+        wiphy 0
+        channel 159 (5795 MHz), width: 20 MHz, center1: 5795 MHz
+        txpower 30.00 dBm
+        multicast TXQ:
+                qsz-byt qsz-pkt flows   drops   marks   overlmt hashcol tx-bytes        tx-packets
+                0       0       28      0       0       0       0       2816            28
+
+}}}
+
 ==== Adhoc / IBSS Mode