$ sudo raspi-config
- Add en-US locale
- Change keyboard layout
In /etc/network/interfaces add the following lines:
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
$ sudo service dhcpcd stop
$ sudo update-rc.d dhcpcd disable
To build batman-adv and alfred, you will need the following packages:
- git
- libnl-3-dev
- libnl-genl-3-dev
- libcap-dev
- libgps-dev
- gpsd (optional, assuming we add gps modules later)
Pull and build batctl from the OpenMesh source repository
$ git clone https://git.open-mesh.org/batctl.git
$ cd batctl
$ sudo make install
Pull and build alfred from the OpenMesh source repository
$ git clone https://git.open-mesh.org/alfred.git
$ cd alfred
$ sudo make install
Copy the alfred.service from config to /etc/systemd/system/alfred.service.
$ sudo cp config/alfred.service /etc/systemd/system/alfred.service
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl start alfred.service
To check status of the running service:
$ sudo systemctl status alfred.service
And to have alfred come up at boot:
$ sudo systemctl enable alfred.service
$ sudo echo "batman-adv" >> /etc/modules
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet6 manual
wireless-channel 1
wireless-essid killer-mesh
wireless-mode ad-hoc
wireless-ap 02:12:34:56:78:9A
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 mtu 1532
auto bat0
iface bat0 inet6 auto
pre-up /usr/local/sbin/batctl if add wlan0
- decide how to install batctl
- Debian package is too old
- create a new package? not a bad idea, can keep a local .deb
- Establish serial communication, maybe avoid needing to start on wifi?
The desktop app will likely function on a layer much higher than batman-adv. As batman-adv networking will be largely transparent to us, we should expect to write layer 7 software as we are accustomed. This may mean that a basic client/server protocol could work for many functions, with gossip protocols to distribute data along the network where nodes can no longer see all other nodes in the network.
- IP addresses aren't strictly necessary, routing can be done by hwaddr
- A super-peer may be necessary to offer IPs if we decide we need them
Connect to a Raspberry Pi via SSH over USB
Read and write from serial port with Raspberry Pi
Ad-hoc Wifi Networks - might be worth dropping in on the net sometimes
Notes on how to configure batman-adv on Raspberry Pi 3
Looks like batman-adv is already a part of the Debian kernel distro!
Gossip Protocols: