Release 1.5

[coreywagehoft]

Notable Changes

• First release using openmanet/openmanetd
  • openmanetd is a new binary that will manage low level configurations on OpenMANET
  • Many new features will be created within openmanetd
• openmanetd features
  • Automatic Static IP assignment and DHCP address reservation
    • When installing a fresh version of OpenMANET, openmanetd will send a request to the mesh network asking all nodes to announce their IP and DHCP range. openmanetd will use this to determine a static IP not in use and an address range not in use.
  • Automatic gateway selection
    • Gateways announce themselves on the network. openmanetd matches the announced gateways, to what batman-adv determines the best gateway to use. openmanetd will automatically update the default IP route on the node.
  • Node Data
    • Nodes will periodically send out information about themselves across the network. In the future we can send GPS data, signal quality, battery life, etc for future features.

Address Changes

• On a fresh install your default address is changed from 10.42.0.1 to 10.41.254.0/24.
• After an initial or "fresh" setup, you will need to release/renew your DHCP on a device connected to the node to get a new address for your node after it auto configures.
• Mesh Gateways will always be within the 10.41.0.0/24 address range
• You can safely assign "static" addresses if you want within 10.41.253.0/24 and 10.41.254.0/24. Auto addressing will never use these ranges.

New Wifi Drivers

• Added kernel modules for mt7601u USB wifi devices.
• You still need to use opkg install <package> to enable these.

How to Update

• You can update from within the OpenMANET web interface.
  • After uploading new firmware. You can keep the "Keep settings and retain current configuration" checked. openmanetd will still reconfigure your ip addresses the first time upgrading to this version.
• You can either do a "fresh wipe" install

🔴 YOU MUST REBOOT YOUR NODE AFTER INSTALLING THIS VERSION 🔴
🔴 TO AVOID POTENTIAL IP CONFLICTS UPDATE ALL NODES (MESHGATE/MESHPOINT) 🔴

[Chocrates]

Not sure if it is specific to 1.5 but I am noticing that when ssh'd into a node without direct uplink that it does not have internet access.

The node has uplink through a halow connection to the base station node also running 1.5.

End user machines associated to the SSID of the node without uplink, can access the internet without issue.