OLSR over Ubuntu 8.04

HOWTO Enable OLSR mesh routing protocol - Ubuntu 8.04


1.- Get information
http://www.olsr.org/?q=download

2.- Get OLSR package
Visit: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=olsrd

3.- Install OLSR daemon (and dependecies: libc6 bison flex)
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo apt-get instal olsrd olsrd-plugins

If you download lastest olsr package, install it by going to olsrd dowloaded directory, uncompress it and:
wmunguiam@server:~$ make
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo make install

4.-Edit /etc/olsrd/olsrd.conf as below as example (Modify if you need)
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo cp /etc/olsrd/olsrd.conf /etc/olsrd/olsrd.conf.original
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo vim /etc/olsrd/olsrd.conf

DebugLevel 1
Interface "wlan1"
{
# Ip4Broadcast 255.255.255.255
# Ip6AddrType site-local
# Ip6MulticastSite ff05::11
# Ip6MulticastGlobal ff0e::1

HelloInterval 6.0
HelloValidityTime 600.0
TcInterval 0.5
TcValidityTime 300.0
MidInterval 10.0
MidValidityTime 300.0
HnaInterval 10.0
HnaValidityTime 300.0
# Weight 0
# LinkQualityMult 192.168.0.1 0.5

}
LinkQualityFishEye 1
LinkQualityDijkstraLimit 3 3.0
IpVersion 4
ClearScreen yes
Hna4
{
# Internet gateway:
# Agregado WALTER
# 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
# 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
# more entries can be added:
# 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
}
Hna6
{
# Internet gateway:
# :: 0
# more entries can be added:
# fec0:2200:106:: 48
}
AllowNoInt no
#TosValue 16
Willingness 7
IpcConnect
{
MaxConnections 1
Host 127.0.0.1
Host 10.10.10.11
Net 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
}
UseHysteresis no
#HystScaling 0.50
#HystThrHigh 0.80
#HystThrLow 0.30
LinkQualityLevel 2
LinkQualityWinSize 100
Pollrate 0.1
TcRedundancy 2
MprCoverage 5
#LoadPlugin "olsrd_httpinfo.so.0.1"
#{
# # defaults to 1978
# PlParam "Port" "8080"
# #PlParam "Host" "80.23.53.22"
# #PlParam "Net" "10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0"
# #PlParam "Net" "0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0"
#}
#LoadPlugin "olsrd_dyn_gw.so.0.4"
#{
# PlParam "Interval" "40"
# PlParam "Ping" "141.1.1.1"
# PlParam "Ping" "194.25.2.129"
#}
#LoadPlugin "olsrd_nameservice.so.0.2"
#{
#PlParam "name" "xxx"
#PlParam "a.b.c.d" "xxx-eth"
#PlParam "a.b.c.e" "xxx-bbb"
#PlParam "a.b.c.f" "xxx-olsr"
#PlParam "suffix" ".olsr"
#}

#LoadPlugin "olsrd_dot_draw.so.0.3"
#{
#PlParam "accept" "192.168.0.5"
#PlParam "port" "2004"
#}

5.-Edit linux network interface(s) to work as Ad-hoc node
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
allow-hot plug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.10.10.11
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless-mode ad-hoc
wireless-channel 1
wireless-key s:12345
wireless-essid MESH

#auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

6.-Restart services: networking and OLSR
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/network restart
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/olsrd start

OBS: If you get this:
wmunguiam@server:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/network restart

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.

Means your wireless Interface (Hardware) does not support working on Ad-hoc mode. You have to use (recommended) an USB Wireless Card.


7.-Verify services
wmunguiam@server:~$ ifconfig wlan1
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:e0:4c:00:39:1d
inet dirección:10.10.10.11 Difusión:10.10.10.255 Máscara:255.255.255.0
dirección inet6: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe00:391d/64 Alcance:Vínculo
ARRIBA DIFUSIÓN CORRIENDO MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
RX packets:0 errors:17 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
colisiones:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:10918 (10.6 KB)

wmunguiam@server:~$ iwconfig
wlan1 802.11b/g linked ESSID:"MESH"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Channel=1 Cell: B2:EF:82:A6:57:82
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
Retry:on Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

wmunguiam@server:~$ route
Tabla de rutas IP del núcleo
Destino Pasarela Genmask Indic Métric Ref Uso Interfaz
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
10.10.10.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan1
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 wlan1
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0

OBS: WLAN0 interface to connect to internet (GW)