How to Access the MESH Node

Connecting standard Wifi computers to HSMM-MESH

Connecting standard Wifi computers to HSMM-MESH

OK, so you have a WRT54G configured and running as a mesh node. Great!

Now you want to be able to get on the mesh network, but do not want a cable connection.

A Mesh node can ONLY be a mesh node, not an access point, so what to do?

Get a second router, install the HSMM-MESH firmware, go into the setup, setup your callsign etc just like on the node router.

You'd need a laptop with a wired ethernet connection and wifi.

Set the laptop up to pick up internet via its wifi card and feed it out the wired ethernet connection. I think that's what "Internet Connection Sharing" on Windows does, but I've never used it. There are probably other ways to do the same function, but the only "magic" is getting the laptop to feed "internet" out the ethernet port.


Use an ethernet cable from the laptop to the WAN port on the WRT-54G. I think the WAN port is auto MDI-X, so you won't need a crossover cable. Enable "mesh gateway" and you're done.

Your laptop will see the mesh node configuration web pages on http://x.x.x.x: 8080, but the laptop won't have access to anything else on the mesh. x.x.x.x is the IP address your laptop gives the mesh node.


Open a browser window and type in http://localnode:8080 as the address.

Default logon
username  ::  root

password ::   hsmm

using free tools like the following :
Advanced IP Scanner

http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com

I see the IP address,  so by expanding and double clicking open in the browser the HSMM Status page

Setup-HSMM-Mesh-Nodes-Guide.pdf
http://nc4uc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Setup-HSMM-Mesh-Nodes-Guide.pdf

Other IP address
http://localnode:8080
http://localnode

http://172.27.0.1

http://172.27.0.2

http://localnode.local.mesh:8080/
or
http://VA3AGV-03.local.mesh:8080/

VE3WZW ANDRE
TORONTO, CANADA