Hardware

I live at the semi bottom of a small hill in my neighborhood.

satellite view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2125+Capitola+Way,+Fairfield,+CA+94534/@38.272449,-122.0668872,553m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x808516bb55fbfbe3:0x8ff05ea8369a85a8!8m2!3d38.2701786!4d-122.0667089!16s%2Fg%2F11c1h4k0zk?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDExMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

street view looking towards the hill:

I am brand new to AREDN - just got my hAP ac Lite and LHG-5HPnD-XL flashed successfully last night. After reviewing older forum posts and the docs, it's my understanding that the hAP ac Lite is supposed to automatically form a DtD link on Port 5 with any other node plugged in there. Both devices are on the latest firmware (3.24.10.0). The LHG-5HPnD-XL never shows up if plugged into port 5, and the port manager is not present under advanced options where I'd expect to find it along with x-link settings.

Hello all --

I am trying to build a tower-mounted two-radio setup as described on the "channel planning" part of the AREDN site.  I need to send PoE to the 2GHz and 5GHz radios at the top of my tower.  And I need the 2GHz and 5GHz radios to mesh together, which I understand is what DtD is for.  After several days of attempts I have not had success getting the two radios to talk to each other, although I know that each one of them is running separately.

I would like to ask if it is possible to run AREDN firmware on a Mikrotik OmniTIK U-5HnD device, which is not on the list of supported devices?

I have two Ubiquiti NanoStation Loco M5 units.
Tried installing the first, seemed I bricked it.
Tried the second one and it went well, installed and tested, connected to the mesh.
Went back to the first one:
Put it in TFTP Server mode and PUT the Ubiquiti firmware on it and it works fine.
Put it in TFTP Server mode and PUT the AREDN firmware on it, It reboots and all, LEDs look like the functioning one but I cannot connect to it.
LEDs Power ON, LAN Blinking Next LED slow RED Blink, Last LED Green solid on.

I was doing an initial install on a new AR300M16 today.  It appears there may be a new/different built-in firmware than what is described in the main AREDN Install Docs.

Hello All.

The Mikrotik NetMetal 5 is a new edition to the hardware available for AREDN.  Looking on Amazon, there are several variations of this though they all look the same visually.  Is the "US Version" the one to buy? 

Amazon List of NetMetal 5's

Thanks.

Gary
 

Good Afternoon, All.

I have a new NetMetal 5 in my hot little hands but seem to be unable to locate the AREDN package for it.  The Supported Devices List shows:
 

Searching within the normal AREDN package process (https://downloads.arednmesh.org/afs/www/) does not produce any results.

Any suggestions as to where to locate and download the package?

Thank you.

Gary

Has anyone tried to use the switch portion of a MiktoTik router to do the WiFi to WAN (Internet) connection?
The router connects to the internet and has provision for a few ports to be configured as vLAN so it should be able to at least bridge the BulletM2
to the internet for temporary tunneling applications. I am current using an RB750 inexpensive router.
Eric - ve3ei