OLSR mesh GUI $400 {awarded}

pcatiprodotnet · Mar 26, 2006, 6:07 AM

I just tried to enable olsr and got this error page…

Warning: fopen(/usr/local/etc/olsrkey.txt): failed to open stream: Read-only file system in /usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php(172) : eval()'d code on line 1 Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php(172) : eval()'d code on line 1 Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php(172) : eval()'d code on line 1 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php(172) :
eval()'d code:1) in /usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php on line 186

Will try again next beta snapshot release. Thanks,-Pete

sullrich · Mar 24, 2006, 5:42 PM

This is already fixed in CVS.

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 26, 2006, 3:29 PM

explain what the config entries looks like

I haven't attempted to set OLSR up without a gui yet.
The OLSR windows version has an easy installer and a decent gui to study.
Perhaps it also writes config files that are compatible with other platforms?

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 26, 2006, 3:30 PM

Issues I've noticed so far that are needed to finish up this bounty …

1. Need a Check box for "Link Quality Extensions".
x2. Tabs/Check-boxes for capability to enable OLSR on multiple Network Interfaces. {done: use Ctrl key to multi-select}
3. I tried to enable and view the olsr web stats but it was just an empty page; am I using this correctly?
4. When olsr is checked enabled, alter the DHCP server/forwarding GUI so that DHCP may be enabled on wan/all interfaces.
5. For HNA (Dynamic Internet gateway) to function, I read on the olsr-users mailing list that the Wan Gateway should
be unset, which is currently not possible in the gui. Is this correct? Perhaps there is more to making this work.

Thanks,
-Pete

sullrich · Apr 26, 2006, 4:02 PM

@pcatiprodotnet:

2. Tabs/Check-boxes for capability to enable OLSR on multiple Network Interfaces.

Uhh that works now. Hold down the CTRL key and select the interfaces you want. I'll look into the others.

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 26, 2006, 4:50 PM

Good grief, I'm sorry I had no idea the Ctrl key could be used like that. Thanks, -Pete

sullrich · Apr 26, 2006, 4:52 PM

Sounds like we need to add a blurb under the interface control describing this behavior.

sullrich · Apr 26, 2006, 8:37 PM

@pcatiprodotnet:

Issues I've noticed so far that are needed to finish up this bounty …

1. Need a Check box for "Link Quality Extensions".
x. Tabs/Check-boxes for capability to enable OLSR on multiple Network Interfaces. {done: use Ctrl key to multi-select}
3. I tried to enable and view the olsr web stats but it was just an empty page; am I using this correctly?
4. When olsr is checked enabled, alter the DHCP server/forwarding GUI so that DHCP may be enabled on wan/all interfaces.
5. For HNA (Dynamic Internet gateway) to function, I read on the olsr-users mailing list that the Wan Gateway should
be unset, which is currently not possible in the gui. Is this correct? Perhaps there is more to making this work.

Thanks,
-Pete

All of these with exception of #3 should be resolved.

Please do a cvs_sync.sh RELENG_1 and test.

Thanks!

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 27, 2006, 1:50 PM

Thanks Scott! We plan to run a small test tomorrow at work with 3 pfSense ad-hoc olsr nodes
(placing node#1 & node#3 out of range of each other) and several non-olsr wi-fi & lan clients.

Here are a couple replies I received from the olsr-users mailing list so far regarding olsr configuration…

Quote: " On OLSR nodes, you'd leave gateway unset, as the HNA announcement
of 0.0.0.0 sets the default gateway on all nodes that hear it. For DNS, I
have it manually set, though there's a plugin for this apparently in OLSR. "
--Me: Is he referring to the "Nameservice" plugin? Automatically setting DNS to the HNA would be great.

--Me: I want our olsr nodes to also serve Non-olsr client PCs.
--Should the node's DHCP server serve the node's own IP address as
--the Gateway & DNS to the Non-olsr client PCs?
Quote: " Yes, at least that's how I've setup our network. "

Quote: " If nodes dont see each other (dont show up in the list), then
there is propably something wrong with their broadcast addresses. "

Thank you, -Pete

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 27, 2006, 4:26 PM

I tried that upgrade command but it gave the following errors:
(I am running beta3 embedded)

cvs_sync.sh RELENG_1

Setting CVS_IP to cvs.pfsense.com
Cannot find cvsup, pkg_add in progress
/usr/local/sbin/cvs_sync.sh: /usr/sbin/pkg_add: not found
Cannot find cvs, fetching static cvs…
fetch: http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/extra/cvs: Temporary Redirect
chmod: /usr/bin/cvs: No such file or directory
Syncing with pfSense.com
Checking out RELENG_1
mkdir: /root/pfSense: Read-only file system
cd: can't cd to /root/pfSense//..
mkdir: /root/pfSenseCO: Read-only file system
cd: can't cd to /root/pfSenseCO/
cd: can't cd to /root/pfSenseCO//
cd: can't cd to /root/pfSenseCO//
Installing new files...cd: can't cd to /root/pfSenseCO//pfSense
x .
x .cshrc: Can't open '.cshrc': File exists
x .login: Can't open '.login': Read-only file system
x .profile: Can't open '.profile': File exists
x .shrc: Can't open '.shrc': Read-only file system
x .tcshrc: Can't open '.tcshrc': Read-only file system
x .hushlogin: Can't open '.hushlogin': Read-only file system
CVS Sync Complete

Restarting webConfigurator... done.

sullrich · Apr 27, 2006, 4:31 PM

You cannot cvs_sync.sh on embedded. Wait for the next snapshot or beta4.

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 28, 2006, 8:22 PM

No problem. I think we can go ahead with tests today; it seems functional.
I did get the olsr stats (issue#3) to function; I far as I can recall I don't think I did anything different.
A couple more issues…
6. I have noticed that sometimes when I click [Save] on the OLSR configuration page it fails to start OLSR.
I would check the logs and there would be No listing for "olsrd[4494]: olsr.org - 0.4.10 successfully started".
7. It also seems OLSR won't start on boot so far; I must open the olsr config page and [Save] to get it running.
Thanks,-Pete

sullrich · Apr 27, 2006, 5:10 PM

Alright, I've made some monitor adjustments to the start code. Let's see what happens on next testing image.

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 27, 2006, 5:23 PM

Another note, I have the feeling that issue#3 may be related to issues#6 & #7.

sullrich · Apr 27, 2006, 5:26 PM

Yep, sure is.

I just fixed this one as well.

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 27, 2006, 10:27 PM

" You cannot cvs_sync.sh on embedded. Wait for the next snapshot or beta4. "
Will do. We'll run our final tests after the next snapshot is released.

I was curious, on the olsr GUI, is the "Enable Secure Mode" referring to the "Secure OLSR Plugin"?
I haven't tried that feature yet, but it should prove quite useful.

Are the following plugins in pfSense yet?
"Nameservice" – we hope to use this to automatically assign DNS to the HNA (gateway), so no need to hard-code dns.
"Dot topology information plugin" -- for visually rendering the mesh; just icing for now, but would be handy after the mesh grows.

Thank you, -Pete

sullrich · Apr 28, 2006, 1:07 AM

@pcatiprodotnet:

" You cannot cvs_sync.sh on embedded. Wait for the next snapshot or beta4. "
Will do. We'll run our final tests after the next snapshot is released.

I was curious, on the olsr GUI, is the "Enable Secure Mode" referring to the "Secure OLSR Plugin"?
I haven't tried that feature yet, but it should prove quite useful.

Are the following plugins in pfSense yet?
"Nameservice" – we hope to use this to automatically assign DNS to the HNA (gateway), so no need to hard-code dns.
"Dot topology information plugin" -- for visually rendering the mesh; just icing for now, but would be handy after the mesh grows.

Thank you, -Pete

LOL – yes, secure mode is what you wanted? The other items wheren't mentioned in the original bounty?

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 28, 2006, 3:08 AM

Back when I posted the bounty I knew too little about olsr "under the hood" so I was
a bit inspecific "… add great olsr extensions ..." which I realize is really too open ended.
I figured the dynamic gateway plugin would also set the dns, seemed logical but alas.
Please, is it going to be too much trouble to add the "Nameserver plugin"?
Thank you, -Pete

sullrich · Apr 28, 2006, 4:23 AM

Not at all, I'm just giving you grief. I'll get it rolling this weekend.

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 28, 2006, 8:30 PM

Issues encountered today while testing (still using beta3 embedded)…
8. When I "Enable Dynamic Gateway", the node doesn't show up as HNA on the other node's stats.
I tried to verify that " HNA4 { ... "0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0" } " existed in olsrd.conf but I couldn't find the file.
9. If I attempt to enable olsr on both Lan and Wan, it starts for a few seconds, both interface's IPs briefly
appear in the node list of other olsr systems, then the olsr stops or crashes, and they both disappear.
Thanks,-Pete