Difference between revisions of "Mesh/WalkThrough"

[[File:Nodeports.jpg|100px|frame|right|Plug into port 3 to access the private network from your laptop. Port 2 connects to the public 'peoplesopen.net' network]] Connect your newly-flashed MyNet N600 to your existing Internet router via ethernet from your existing router's LAN port to your new node's Internet port. Wait a few minutes for your new node to connect to the Internet and obtain its private IP address, then try connecting to your unconfigured router by opening a browser and navigating to http://172.30.0.1  

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Here you can set the amount of downstream and upstream bandwidth you're willing to share (default is set to 4096kb, or roughly 4 megabits/second):

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[[File:WifiSettings.jpg|frame|left|upright=2|Set your private SSID and password via the 'WIFi Settings' tab. NOTE: When you first set your private SSID name and hit 'Save', you will have to reconnect to the newly-named SSID using the original default password ('meshtheworld') and then reconnect again with the new password after setting it in the dashboard]] [[File:Connections.jpg|frame|right|upright=2|See all devices connected to your node via the 'Connections' tab]]

<br clear=all> Unless you installed [https://github.com/sudomesh/sudowrt-firmware/releases/tag/0.3.0 release 0.3.0] for myNet N600 routers which autoconfigures, you will now need to use makenode ([[##Makenode|instructions further down]]) after flashing the sudowrt-firmware to your router to configure it to work on People's Open Network.