Quick Mesh Project

qMp 3.0.2 Clearance has been released. This bugfixing release solves this problem, which made all BMX6 instances in a mesh network crash when certain routing metrics calculation algorithms were selected.

It is recommended that you upgrade to this new release, specially if you don't manage all the nodes in your mesh network, since a malicious user could potentially break the whole deployment down.

Changes from previous release (3.0.1):

• Fixed bug in BMX6 that made all instances in a mesh network crash when certain routing metrics calculation algorithms were selected.

The latest stable firmware binaries can be found at http://fw.qmp.cat/stable.

Support for the XW architecture of Ubiquiti devices (NanoStation M5 XW, NanoStation Loco M5 XW, NanoBeam M5 16 and NanoBeam M5 19 has been added to the qMp firmware generator in the experimental branch, codenamed Kalimotxo. From today on, the nightly compilation that generates the firmware images will also build a specific file for these devices, available at http://fw.qmp.cat/kalimotxo.

Please, be aware that qMp has not been tested at all with this hardware, so the firmware images may not work at all. Support for the new XW devices, which have been shipped since early 2014, depends too on OpenWrt supporting them.

If you have tested qMp with the NSM5-XW / NSLM5-XW, we will be happy to read your reports.

We are experimenting with the WRTnode.

qMp is already available for this tiny and powerful device. You can find the ready-to-install binaries of the development version in our official repository: http://fw.qmp.cat/kalimotxo

It can be seen in the pictures that we connected several elements to the board pins:

• Ethernet cables (the device integrates a 5 ports switch)
• a USB camera
• a relay to remotely lock/unlock a door

The WRTnode performs very good, it has a huge amount of flash memory (16 MB) and a MIMO 802.11n 2.4 GHz radio which seems to work quite fine also in adhoc mode. It is actually a nice device for use in home automation, drone/robotics stuff, as a control device (to provide access to other devices via the serial port, for instance) and so on, while meshing in 2.4 GHz using qMp.

Check the article with the full set of pictures here: Experimenting with the WRTnode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Version 3.0.1 of qMp Clearance has just been released. This bugfixing release solves issue 292, which affected some specific combinations of devices and wireless cards (namely Alix2 with certain 802.11n miniPCI radios).

Upgrading your device is only recommended if affected by this bug, otherwise there will be no difference.

Changes from previous release (3.0):

Fixed SHORT-GI-20 compatibility issues with some miniPCI devices in some specific boards.