Quick Mesh Project

qMp 4.1 Macondo has just been released. This new version is based on OpenWrt 18.06.4 and comes with a considerable amount of changes.

Changes since the previous stable release (4.0)

• Based on OpenWrt 18.06.4
• Improved web interface
  • Menus, pages and their sections inside have been reorganized for a more logical navigation
• The Network Characterization Daemon (NCD) from the Reflection project has been included to the packages
• Updated to the latest BMX6 stable version
• Added support for new devices
• 802.11s is the default radio mode for mesh
• Ad-Hoc is the legacy radio mode for mesh
• 802.11s+AdHoc modes can be used simultaneously for backwards-compatibility
• DFS support with 802.11s
  • Most wireless drivers now support DFS with AP and 802.11s modes, so use it
  • To avoid undesired channel changes, the wifihealth script monitors the wireless interfaces and resets them if needed
• Better support for 802.11ac

Bugs fixed since the latest stable release (4.0):

• #218 Remove IPv4 options from OLSR config
• #295 "Offer" tunnels can not add "Additional Fields"
• #298 Domains to publish form tooltip is wrong
• #391 Remove code debris after commit 6d03214db8f3bdf07ff60b45d911d86d8cb6211e
• #419 eth0 and eth1 are WAN and LAN respectively in TL-WR841N
• #424 Macondo and 3.2.1 issue on wr940n v2 (wr941nd v5)
• #428 LuCI datatype "ip4prefix" is now called "cidr4"
• #432 Add missing file /usr/lib/lua/luci/view/admin_status/index.htm when luci-mod-admin package is not installed (qmp-cli)
• #441 root password overwritten on first boot (or after flashing)
• #446 [qmp-users] BMX6 Graph issue in Macondo
• #450 [qmp-ncgui] nodes[indexNode(nodeId)].system.board.release.codename does not exist anymore
• #451 [qmp-ncgui] Missing dependency wget
• #452 Network configuration doesn't manage an interface in LAN without mesh VLAN tagging properly
• #453 The IPv4 address textfield in Wizard => NATTED mode (and also in network settings) does not pass the browser's HTML5 validation
• #454 Community name (i.e. Guifi.net) is not being stored to /etc/config/qmp
• #455 The "Node settings" page does not save the changes
• #456 Wireless settings page not working
• #457 [nc-gui] All the "debug" options are shown in the menu
• #458 [nc-gui] The menu entry should be integrated into the "Tools" menu
• #462 During first boot's autoconf, both radios in 5 and 2.4 GHz are set as "802.11s + AP (LAN)" with wrong network in /etc/config/wireless
• #463 When dual wifi mode (e.g.: 802.11s + adhoc) is used, wlan0 and wlan0a are shown in Easy Setup
• #464 After changing wifi settings, the [logical] network interfaces don't come up until reboot
• #465 "Network mask" in easy setup is not properly read from /etc/config/qmp
• #466 Devices with a switch on eth0 and eth0.1 eth0.2 interfaces on top of it are not properly autoconfigured
• #467 Two wireless interfaces each on a different band are configured differently if they are "radio0=>5GHz, radio1=>2.4GHz" or "radio0=>2.4GHz, radio1=>5GHz"
• #468 Community name is not saved in ¿Natted? mode
• #470 Check WiFi status when using 802.11s on DFS-enforced channels
• #471 hwmode must be 11a, 11b or 11g, not 11na or 11ng

Known issues

• #118 some IPv6 in bmx6-luci are wrong
• #126 Use SSID to indentify the node
• #422 802.1AD have small MTU value
• #423 Devices with a single Ethernet interface and a swith driving different ports (e.g. eth0=> eth0.1+eth0.2) are not properly managed if the switch is on eth1 instead of eth0 (case of TL-WR841N-v8)
• #429 A wireless device configured as "ignored" by qMp can not be reconfigured again
• #445 prior current settings altered when performing settings on qmp through luci
• #446 [qmp-users] BMX6 Graph issue in Macondo
• #447 webgui on nodes never finishes loading when running lan-only mesh on wdr3500 and wdr3600
• #449 Port forwarding not working
• #450 [qmp-ncgui] nodes[indexNode(nodeId)].system.board.release.codename does not exist anymore

Important note

qMp 4.1 Macondo uses 802.1ad (QinQ) VLANs on top of wired interfaces. In releases previous to 4.0, 802.1q VLANs were used. This makes the default configuration for wired interfaces backwards-incompatible via cable with devices running qMp releases previous to 4.0. Compatibility via wireless is unaffected. You can read this blog post for more information.

How to get it

The qMp 4.1 firmware binaries can be found at http://fw.qmp.cat/Releases/4.1. Alternatively, you can compile your own images with your preferred options:

# Clone the qmp-cooker firmware cooker:
git clone -b 4.1 https://dev.qmp.cat/qmp-cooker.git qmp-cooker-4.1
cd qmp-cooker-4.1

# Show qmp-cooker help and usage:
./cooker --help

# Download the packages feeds:
./cooker -f

# List available architecture targets:
./cooker --targets

# Build the qmp-packages for the selected architecture target (e.g. "ar71xx/generic"):
./cooker -b ar71xx/generic

# List available profiles for the selected architecture target (e.g. "ar71xx/generic"):
./cooker --profiles=ar71xx/generic

# Cook the firmware for the selected device profile (e.g. "ubnt-nano-m-xw"):
./cooker -c ar71xx/generic --profile=ubnt-nano-m-xw --flavor=qmpsmall

# Find the firmware binary file under the "output" folder:
ls -la output

The Wireless Battle of the Mesh is an event that aims to bring together people from across the globe to test the performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc networks, like Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N, BMX6/BMX7, OLSR, and 802.11s and static routing. Of course, new protocols (working on LEDE) are always welcome.

Many developers and community networkers will join the event to hack, test, discuss, explain and learn. If you are interested in dynamic routing protocols or wireless community networks you can't miss this event! The Battlemesh is free of charge and open for all.

This year the event will take place from Monday 7^th to Sunday 13^th of May 2018 in Berlin, Germany. It is co-located with the Wireless Community Weekend in the Wireless-Meshup event.

The qMp community endorses and supports the Battle of the Mesh v11, and teams with other communities to foster the development of bottom-up community networks.

Many other communities endorse and support the Wireless Battle of The Mesh v11. If you are interested in coming, join the event's Mailing List to stay up to date with the latest news.

Join us now and free the network!

qMp 4.0 Macondo has just been released. This new version is based on LEDE 17.01.4 Reboot and comes with a great number of changes and improvements.

Changes since the previous stable release (3.2.1)

• Based on LEDE 17.01.4 Reboot
• Revamped web interface
• Image building is performed via the qmp-cooker tool
• Updated to the latest BMX6 stable version
• VLANs over wired interfaces are done using 802.1ad - QinQ (read note below)
• Revamped qMp easy setup page (6355b2c5)
• Added support for several devices:
  • Generic support for Mikrotik devices
  • Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC Lite
• 802.11s support is no longer experimental (b4e41b83)
• Candela Tech's ath10k-ct driver (f3a0068a)
• Improved support for certain devices (7616eef3)
• Improved integration with LibreMap (2b9aaba4)
• Improved management of VLANs on top of bridges (4835bf9d)
• ...

Bugs fixed since the latest stable release (3.2.1):

• #434 Missing netperf download file
• #418 TP-Link_TL-WA7510N not available in images
• #417 TP-Link_TL-WR841N-v8 file name and content in DEVICES are different (cb3be978)
• #416 ramips targets do not seem to have the qmp-{tiny,small,big}-node package, only qmp-system in qMp 4.0-rc1
• #431 Logo is not centered in wait pages (a52959c9)
• #430 Reconfigure buttons in "Wireless settings" do not really work as expected (37444adf)
• #429 A wireless device configured as "ignored" by qMp can not be reconfigured again (643e49d0)
• #427 "Use mesh in all wired devices" (meshall) option in east setup is not saved anywhere in qMp config
• #426 Device name (device_name) is not saved in easy setup page when in roaming mode (9747951c)
• #425 Community network name "Raval (Guifibaix)" is wrong
• #415 qmp-system depends on luci-base (3ed51c64)
• #414 Non-switched wired network interfaces are shown again on web GUI (c1af65db)
• #393 Asymetric BMX6 link on ethernet bridge interface (8d26005d)
• #392 mdns locks qmp_configure_all (916a7b62)
• #390 annot satisfy the following dependencies for qmp-system during compilation: bwm, ndisc6, rdisc6, ipv6ca
• #389 Some binary files are compiled as qmp-arch-subarch-device-etc.bin while others as lede-arch-subarch-device-etc.bin
• #388 Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for qmp-system during compilation: bmx6-topology, luci-i18n-english (64bca744)
• #387 Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for gwck-qmp during compilation: fping (c8ed23da)
• #386 File /etc/config/firewall clashes during compilation (06234f8e)
• #384 Hooks deleted in testing branch

Known issues

• #435 Images for Alfa Networks NX are not generated
• #436 "qmpcontrol sysupgrade" only works with *sysupgrade* files

Important note

In order to improve qMp 4.0 uses 802.1ad (QinQ) VLANs on top of wired interfaces, while in previous releases 802.1q VLANs were used. This makes the current release backwards-incompatible with previous ones via cable (compatibility via wireless is unaffected). You can read this blog post for more information.

The qMp 4.0 firmware binaries can be found at http://fw.qmp.cat/Releases/4.0. Alternatively, you can compile your own images with your preferred options:

# Clone the qmp-cooker firmware cooker:
git clone -b 4.0 https://dev.qmp.cat/qmp-cooker.git qmp-cooker-4.0
cd qmp-cooker-4.0

# Show qmp-cooker help and usage:
./cooker --help

# Download the packages feeds:
./cooker -f

# List available architecture targets:
./cooker --targets

# Build the qmp-packages for the selected architecture target (e.g. "ar71xx/generic"):
./cooker -b ar71xx/generic

# List available profiles for the selected architecture target (e.g. "ar71xx/generic"):
./cooker --profiles=ar71xx/generic

# Cook the firmware for the selected device profile (e.g. "ubnt-nano-m-xw"):
./cooker -c ar71xx/generic --profile=ubnt-nano-m-xw --flavor=qmp_small

# Find the firmware binary file under the "output" folder:
ls -la output

qMp 4.0 Macondo first release candidate (rc1) has just been published. This release candidate is aimed at adventurous users willing to test new features, squash bugs and provide feedback before the final 4.0 release. This new release comes with a number of changes and improvements, is based on LEDE 17.01.2 Reboot, and comes with several new features and improvements.

Changes since the previous stable release (3.2.1)

• Based on LEDE 17.01.2 Reboot
• Updated to the latest BMX6 stable version
• VLANs over wired interfaces are done using 802.1ad - QinQ (read note below)
• Revamped qMp easy setup page (6355b2c5)
• Added support for several devices:
  • Generic support for Mikrotik devices
  • Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC Lite
• 802.11s support is no longer experimental (b4e41b83)
• Candela Tech's ath10k-ct driver (f3a0068a)
• Improved support for certain devices (7616eef3)
• Improved integration with LibreMap (2b9aaba4)
• Improved management of VLANs on top of bridges (4835bf9d)
• ...

• #414 Non-switched wired network interfaces are shown again on web GUI (c1af65db)
• #393 Asymetric BMX6 link on ethernet bridge interface (8d26005d)
• #392 mdns locks qmp_configure_all (916a7b62)
• #390 annot satisfy the following dependencies for qmp-system during compilation: bwm, ndisc6, rdisc6, ipv6ca
• #388 Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for qmp-system during compilation: bmx6-topology, luci-i18n-english (64bca744)
• #387 Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for gwck-qmp during compilation: fping (c8ed23da)
• #386 File /etc/config/firewall clashes during compilation (06234f8e)
• #384 Hooks deleted in testing branch

Known issues

• #416 ramips targets do not seem to have the qmp-{tiny,small,big}-node package, only qmp-system in qMp 4.0-rc1

• #415 qmp-system depends on luci-base (fixed in 7bac455a)

• #366 Devices based on the Atheros ar71xx (Atheros) platform containing a switch (e.g. NanoStation M5 XW) can not combine untagged+tagged VLANs on the same port. Therefore, switched cable interfaces can't be used for BMX6 meshing (fixed in 82e4e47c and by using 802.1ad QinQ VLANs)

• #633 802.1ad (QinQ) VLANs broken since kernel 4.3 in ramips mt7620 (seems to be fixed in current kernel 4.4.74)

Important note

In order to improve qMp 4.0 uses 802.1ad (QinQ) VLANs on top of wired interfaces, while in previous releases 802.1q VLANs were used. This makes the current release backwards-incompatible with previous ones via cable (compatibility via wireless is unaffected). You can read this blog post for more information.

The qMp 4.0-rc1 firmware binaries can be found at http://fw.qmp.cat/Releases/4.0-rc1. Alternatively, you can compile your own images with your preferred options:

git clone -b 4.0 https://dev.qmp.cat/qmpfw.git qmpfw-4.0-rc1
cd qmpfw-4.0-rc1
make J=n T=target

where n is the number of parallel threads to use in the compilation (1, 2, ..., 8...) and targets is the name of the device target to build the image (list them by issuing the command make list_targets).