OLSR mesh GUI $400 {awarded}

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

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

sullrich · Apr 28, 2006, 8:43 PM

#8 is fixed.

#9 should be fixed from yesterdays /etc/inc/interfaces.inc changes. todays changes where in /etc/inc/services.inc

http://cvs.pfsense.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pfSense/etc/inc/services.inc?rev=1.72.2.34;content-type=text%2Fplain;only_with_tag=RELENG_1
http://cvs.pfsense.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pfSense/etc/inc/system.inc?rev=1.79.2.33;content-type=text%2Fplain;only_with_tag=RELENG_1

You can use the Diagnostics -> Edit File option to change the files.

Please test, we want to release beta 4 this weekend.

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 28, 2006, 9:31 PM

I copy/paste/saved those 3 files (interfaces, services, system) into an otherwise unmodified beta3 embedded CF.
I obtained interfaces.inc from:
http://cvs.pfsense.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/pfSense/etc/inc/interfaces.inc?rev=1.176.2.105;content-type=text%2Fplain;only_with_tag=RELENG_1
Rebooted.
Now olsr won't start, here is the last part of the logs.
I tried to start twice on both ports, then tried to start once on wan.
It appears to have made two log enteries of "olsrd exit: main" for each interface I attempted to start on.

Apr 28 17:10:08 php: : RRD restore failed exited with 0, the error is:
Apr 28 17:10:08 php: : Creating rrd update script
Apr 28 17:10:08 php: : Creating rrd graph index
Apr 28 17:10:10 php: : Resyncing configuration for all packages.
Apr 28 17:10:14 login: login on console as root
Apr 28 17:18:07 olsrd[1457]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:18:07 olsrd[1457]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:18:08 olsrd[1489]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:18:08 olsrd[1489]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:19:18 olsrd[1655]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:19:18 olsrd[1655]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:19:20 olsrd[1717]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:19:20 olsrd[1717]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:21:08 olsrd[1910]: olsrd exit: main
Apr 28 17:21:08 olsrd[1910]: olsrd exit: main

sullrich · Apr 28, 2006, 9:31 PM

The only line I changed was the one requested. Are you sure that the syntax was correct?

pcatiprodotnet · Apr 28, 2006, 9:47 PM

I clicked the link and it displayed in the browser (firefox) window. I selected all and copied. I pasted into pfSense and copy/pasted the filename into the top and clicked save. I didn't alter the files as far I know. Could it have wrapped text or perhaps Adblock altered it? I'll try again later tonight. In trouble with the wife for staying late. Thanks, -Pete

sullrich · Apr 28, 2006, 9:53 PM

Update your services.inc:

http://cvs.pfsense.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pfSense/etc/inc/services.inc?rev=1.72.2.35;content-type=text%2Fplain;only_with_tag=RELENG_1