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

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

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          sullrich
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          @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!

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            pcatiprodotnet
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            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

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              pcatiprodotnet
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              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.

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

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                  pcatiprodotnet
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                  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

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

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

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                        sullrich
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                        Yep, sure is.

                        I just fixed this one as well.

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                          pcatiprodotnet
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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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                            sullrich
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                            @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?

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                              pcatiprodotnet
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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

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

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                                  pcatiprodotnet
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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

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                                    sullrich
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                                    #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.

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                                      pcatiprodotnet
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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

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

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                                          pcatiprodotnet
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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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                                            sullrich
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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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