OLSR mesh GUI $400 {awarded}
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" 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
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" 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?
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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 -
Not at all, I'm just giving you grief. I'll get it rolling this weekend.
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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 -
#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_1You can use the Diagnostics -> Edit File option to change the files.
Please test, we want to release beta 4 this weekend.
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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 -
The only line I changed was the one requested. Are you sure that the syntax was correct?
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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
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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
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Also, I had to recompile a few plugins. We'll most likely need to wait 'til beta 4 to test correctly.
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Ok, I'll keep watch for the next imbedded beta or snapshot.
Thank you, -Pete -
I've been testing this snapshot most of today:
http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/RELENG_1-SNAPSHOT-05-05-2006/pfSense.img.gzI have this snapshot running on two wrap.2c units (tis all I have at home with me this weekend) meshed with one WRT54GL running Freifunk, and a laptop running olsr for windows. I am unable to test multi-hop relayed mesh communications at home (need more UPSs), but I plan to test this Monday or Tuesday at work. If the multi-hop relay test works, and pfSense OLSR seems basically functional enough to deploy a test mesh, I'll go ahead and Paypal the first half of the bounty.
The only issues I encounted thus far:
10. When "Enable Dynamic Gateway" is Unchecked it seems like it's still may be on. The other nodes are listing every pfSense unit in their HNA entries list.
11. The "default" route sometimes gets deleted from the route table; perhaps this happens when I enable olsr on two ports or when I change IPs on interfaces. When I go to the Wan GUI and click save at the bottom it puts the "default" route back. This unit does have HNA enabled. When this happened the unit would stop routing mesh traffic to my internet gateway (dsl modem w/ nat & dhcp). However, if I only enable olsr on the interface of the wireless mesh, I don't think I've seen this problem occur. Or, perhaps this could be a result of me doing something I'm not suppose too…?
12. I have Not been successful in getting the olsr stats web page to display in a browser window. Before, in issue #3, it would show a blank page; but now, it's as if the port is not functional.
And, I sometimes encounter miscellaneous quirks after changing configurations, but a reboot normally fixes.I didn't see changes yet to these formerly reported issues:
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, the Wan Gateway should be unset, which is currently not possible in the gui.Thank you,
- Internet Professionals, LLC
- Pete
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I will look into 10-12. However the other items have very much been commited. WAN should be showing up on the DHCP server tab and there should be an option in OLSR to kill the default route.
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" WAN should be showing up on the DHCP server tab "
I just checked again, and didn't see this on either of my test units. Is it possible that it's only missing in the imbedded version? -
[from testing 5/6 snapshot] The seemingly random deletion of the default route (with nothing being put back in it's place; it's just gone) is hampering testing. Not being able to turn off HNA announcement on non-gateway nodes is also sometimes causing their their IP to incorrectly replace the default route on other nodes.
Will test beta4 over the next few days.
Thank you, -Pete -
Another minor Issue:
13. I need the ability to set the DHCP subnet mask manually on the wireless (olsr) interface. When a non-olsr dhcp client connects, their subnet mask should to be restricted to the local node's allocated IP range so the node may "relay" their traffic across the olsr network to the internet gateway.
Thank you,
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14. I just tried beta4, olsrd isn't starting when "Enable Dynamic Gateway" is checked.
10. It still appears that every node is advertising itself as an HNA and overwriting default routes on other nodes, even though enable dynamic gateway unchecked. I was able to "supersede" this behavior with a kludge by adding the following two static routes on my gateway node (my private IP range is 10/8):
route 0/1 to 10.0.0.1
route 128/1 to 10.0.0.1-Pete
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Its starting just fine here.
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I'm Awarding the first half (50%) of the Bounty Award for all the hard work thus far. I really appreciate you sullrich!
I Paypal'd to the pfSense general donation email. If it was sent to the wrong address, please forward it on; thanks.Transaction Details
Payment Sent (ID #0CU71202AT6032931)
Original Transaction
Date Type Status Details Amount
May 11, 2006 Payment To Chris Buechler Completed … -$150.00 USDRelated Transaction
Date Type Status Details Amount
May 11, 2006 Charge From X Completed Details $150.00 USDName:
Chris Buechler
Email:
paypal@chrisbuechler.comTotal Amount:
-$150.00 USDDate:
May 11, 2006
Time:
11:44:59 PDT
Status:
CompletedSubject:
First 1/2 of Bounty Award for OLSR GUI
Note:
Thank you for all the hard work on OLSR GUI to date. When it's completed and passes our functionality and stability tests, the second half of the bounty will be awarded.
Thank you,
-Internet Professionals, LLC
-Pete
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