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The following walk through assumes you're using linux and knowledge of terminal. The basic idea of getting a node (router) on the mesh consists of flashing (copying files to the flash) an operating system to node and installing additional drivers and packages. We use [https://openwrt.org/ OpenWRT] as the operating system on our embedded devices (routers), then connect to the node (via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell SSH]) and install mesh the related software and configure it. | The following walk through assumes you're using linux and knowledge of terminal. The basic idea of getting a node (router) on the mesh consists of flashing (copying files to the flash) an operating system to node and installing additional drivers and packages. We use [https://openwrt.org/ OpenWRT] as the operating system on our embedded devices (routers), then connect to the node (via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell SSH]) and install mesh the related software and configure it. This operating system is meant to fit on small amount (4MB) of flash memory. | ||
=Building an OpenWRT image= | =Building an OpenWRT image= | ||
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*: <code>$ ./scripts/feeds update -a</code> | *: <code>$ ./scripts/feeds update -a</code> | ||
*: <code>$ ./scripts/feeds install -a</code> (if you want to install all feeds) | *: <code>$ ./scripts/feeds install -a</code> (if you want to install all feeds) | ||
*Run the Buildroot | |||
*: <code>$ make defconfig</code> (build list of dependencies) | |||
*: <code>$ make prereq</code> (install dependencies) | |||
*: <code>$ make menuconfig</code> (run the software) | |||
If you're still missing software, then you'll have to manually install it. | |||
==Step Two: Install Feeds== | |||
There are other feeds than the standard that you may want to be available to Buildroot. These are the suggested feeds for nodes: | |||
*Find the drivers for your device. | |||
*: Determine drivers for your router based on the chipset (ex. Atheros AR9331) | |||
*: The open source driver for ''this example'' is [http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k Ath9k]. ([http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers all drivers for linux]) | |||
*Install the driver feed. | |||
*: <code>$ ./scripts/feeds install <PACKAGENAME></code> (ex. kmod-ath9k) | |||
[http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/wireless.overview Other feeds for OpenWRT]. | |||
==Step Three: Build the Firmware== | |||
=Installing OpenWRT= | =Installing OpenWRT= | ||