[Olsr-users] Testing DLEP plugin without WiFi

Tue Aug 30 07:28:34 CEST 2016

Hi,

but you get layer2info data on the radio, right? especially for "layer2info
neighbors".

Henning

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Anderson Huang <
(spam-protected)> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am not using OpenWRT, but I executed the commands that I found relevant
> under this section. They make no difference. layer2info still does not
> output anything in the telnet interface.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anderson Huang
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 4:28 AM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> did you use the iptables/ebtables settings proposed on the olsr.org
>> webpage (or something equivalent)?
>>
>> http://www.olsr.org/mediawiki/index.php/DLEP#DLEP-radio_on_a
>> n_embedded_router_with_OpenWRT
>>
>> Henning
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:55 PM, Anderson Huang <
>> (spam-protected)> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> If you could, disregard the last email I sent as I have made some
>>> progress in establishing a working mesh network with dlep capabilities. I
>>> feel like I am very close, and am just missing a very small detail. Below
>>> is a summary of my setup and the error I run into.
>>>
>>> Router 1 --(ethernet adapter)-- Radio 1 ---- (802.11s mesh network) ----
>>> Radio 2 ----(ethernet adapter) ---- Router 2
>>>
>>> Each of these nodes is running Linux, but not all versions of OONF are
>>> the same on each (if this is the problem, I can easily fix this). I have
>>> created a mesh network using open80211s tutorials. Radios 1 and 2 can
>>> successfully see each other through the mesh network.
>>>
>>> Next, I have bridged the ethernet interface on each radio with the mesh
>>> point interface. Let's call the mesh interface mesh0 and the bridge br0. My
>>> configuration files, then, for the router looks like so.
>>>
>>> [dlep_router=<ethernet enterface>]
>>>
>>> and for the radio
>>>
>>> [dlep_radio=mesh0]
>>>     datapath_if    br0(also tried using <ethernet interface>)
>>>
>>> In the terminal, I run on the router side,
>>>
>>> ./olsrd2_dlep_static <ethernet interface> lo --load=router.cfg
>>>
>>> and on the radio side,
>>>
>>> ./dlep_radio_static --load=radio.cfg
>>>
>>> Routers 1 and 2 are able to see each other across the mesh network,
>>> through routing tables using route -n. When I use br0 as the item to feed
>>> into datapath_if, the telnet interface gives me nothing when I query with
>>> the layer2info commands. In fact, when I try to do this on the router side,
>>> an unusual error pops up on the radio side, specifically of the kind as
>>> shown below. However, the correct neighbor shows up (e.g. the correct
>>> router on the other side of the mesh network).
>>>
>>> 14:25:12.946 WARN(stream_socket) src-plugins/subsystems/oonf_stream_socket.c
>>> 812: Error while writing to communication stream with
>>> fe80::a2ce:c8ff:fe07:d669: Broken pipe (32)
>>>
>>> When I use an ethernet interface as the argument to datapath_if, the
>>> telnet interface gives me no response when I query with layer2info
>>> commands.
>>>
>>> Let me know if there is any fix. Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Anderson Huang <
>>> (spam-protected)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> So I am testing your plugins, specifically layer2, layer2info, and
>>>> layer2_config. I am secondly confused on what the result of running such
>>>> plugins should do - should I see test data in the OONF telnet plugin? May i
>>>> have some clarification on which executable I should be running this plugin
>>>> on top of (./olsrd2_dlep_static or ./dlep_radio_static)? For reference, my
>>>> setup still looks as such (you can disregard the wifi).
>>>>
>>>> Router 1 --(ethernet adapter)-- Radio 1 ---- (wifi & ethernet adapter)
>>>> ---- Radio 2 ----(ethernet adapter) ---- Router 2
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that I cannot seem to achieve Router 1 *to see *Router
>>>> 2 through the telnet interface. Through bridging ethernet interfaces, I am
>>>> able to see the logical IP addresses I assign through the end nodes'
>>>> routing tables, but I do not think this is what I wanted.
>>>> 802.11s is not supported on all my nodes unfortunately. If anyone has
>>>> successfully created a mesh network with Linksys WRT54GL routers, I would
>>>> appreciate any help with that as well.
>>>>
>>>> Anderson Huang
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Anderson Huang <
>>>> (spam-protected)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am using a normal PC. I am able to compile and generate all
>>>>> executables as you have stated; however, the problem occurs because i am
>>>>> unable to follow through on the 802.11s mesh set-up (only one of my nodes
>>>>> has the network card capabilities to do this). Therefore, I was resorted to
>>>>> using OpenWRT to alleviate this problem. However, I bricked one of my
>>>>> routers today trying... I will most likely stick with a normal PC, but it
>>>>> seems like I will not be able to test the capabilities of the dlep_radio
>>>>> plugin using normal bridging. I will try using the layer 2 generator plugin
>>>>> and the layer 2 config plugins and report back to you on those results.
>>>>> Thank you for your help, and I will keep you updated.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Anderson Huang <
>>>>>> (spam-protected)> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am unsure how to run the binaries with the layer-2 generator
>>>>>>> plugin, however. I try to run it with the --plugin= option to no avail.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You could add the plugin name to the OpenWRT build file...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes, I know its not perfect but the build system of OpenWRT is a
>>>>>> headache... so I only have a list of "usual plugins" to be optionally added
>>>>>> to OpenWRT by default.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to experiment with OpenWRT now and am confused as to how
>>>>>>> OONF ties in. Am I correct in assuming that the OpenWRT must be running on
>>>>>>> a PC, not per se a Linksys WRT54GL router?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OONF = Olsr.org Network Framework.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both my Olsrd2 and DLEP implementation are part of OONF.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you are using a normal PC, just forget about OpenWRT and compile
>>>>>> the executables yourself, you will find a description how to do this in the
>>>>>> wiki.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Henning
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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