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= Home nodes = | = Home nodes = | ||
Every node operator has a home node. The home node does everything you need for the mesh. It must be kept indoors since home nodes don't like rain or sun. Each home node has two wifi radios and two antennas so they can talk to other mesh nodes on both the 2.4 and 5 | Every node operator has a home node. The home node is a wifi router that does everything you need for the mesh. It must be kept indoors since home nodes don't like rain or sun. Each home node has two wifi radios and two antennas so they can talk to other mesh nodes on both the 2.4 and 5 gigahertz frequencies. Home nodes also have one wired network port for connecting to your existing internet connection (if you have one), two wired network ports to connect to any of your computers that don't have wifi and two wired network ports for connecting extender nodes (see next section). | ||
== Supported Hardware == | == Supported Hardware == | ||
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* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n600 Western Digital MyNet N600] | * [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n600 Western Digital MyNet N600] | ||
* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n750 Western Digital MyNet N750] | * [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n750 Western Digital MyNet N750] | ||
All of the supported hardware is currently 802.11n but OpenWRT support was recently added for the 802.11ac MediaTek MT76x2 chipsets. We're currently evaluating [[Mesh/802.11ac devices|these 802.11ac devices]] for use as home nodes. As soon as there is support for the VLAN switch functionality on MediaTek chipsets then we should be able to fully support these routers. | |||
== Setup == | == Setup == | ||
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=== Admin Access === | === Admin Access === | ||
Administrative tasks can be done with the web ui. You must be connected to the router via the "private" wifi signal/ssid. When connected over the private network, you can visit http:// | Administrative tasks can be done with the web ui. You must be connected to the router via the "private" wifi signal/ssid. When connected over the private network, you can visit http://admin.peoplesopen.net or http://172.30.0.1 | ||
You can log into this interface using 'admin' as the username, paired with the admin password used when the node was configured via [https://github.com/sudomesh/makenode makenode] | You can log into this interface using 'admin' as the username, paired with the admin password used when the node was configured via [https://github.com/sudomesh/makenode makenode] | ||
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=== Ethernet Ports === | === Ethernet Ports === | ||
Home nodes are being configured with 1 WAN (internet port), 1 private network port, 1 "peoplesopen.net" port, and 2 "extender node" ports. | |||
The WAN port will be labeled "internet" and will be a different color than the rest. If you have a home internet connection that you'd like to share, connect this port to your upstream router or cable box from your ISP. | The WAN port will be labeled "internet" and will be a different color than the rest. If you have a home internet connection that you'd like to share, connect this port to your upstream router or cable box from your ISP. | ||
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To tell you the truth, each extender node isn't really just an antenna: They each have their own computers and wifi radios so they can talk on different wifi channels at the same time as your home node without causing interference. | To tell you the truth, each extender node isn't really just an antenna: They each have their own computers and wifi radios so they can talk on different wifi channels at the same time as your home node without causing interference. | ||
The extender nodes that we | The extender nodes we explicitly support will extend [[#Wifi_Signals.2FSSIDs|all three of the wifi networks]] emitted by the home node (actually we're still working on the ability to extend the private network but it should be there soon). These extender nodes need to be flashed with our extender node firmware and automatically configure themselves correctly when plugged into a home node. | ||
The extender nodes that we explicitly support (referred to as smart extender nodes) are: | |||
* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostationm5 Ubiquiti Nanostation M5] | * [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostationm5 Ubiquiti Nanostation M5] | ||
* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostationm2 Ubiquiti Nanostation M2] | * [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostationm2 Ubiquiti Nanostation M2] | ||
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* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/picostationm2 Ubiquiti Picostation M2] | * [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/picostationm2 Ubiquiti Picostation M2] | ||
* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/bullet Ubiquiti Bullet M2 and M5] | * [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/bullet Ubiquiti Bullet M2 and M5] | ||
In addition we are working to add support for using any normal wifi router as an extender node without reflashing but using this method you will only be able to extend a single one of the wifi networks per extender node and the extender node will have to be manually configured. We refer to these as dumb extenders. This is useful if you want to use unsupported hardware such as the Ubiquiti Nanobeam. | |||
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