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alixboards [2008/12/02 12:38] ChristianPointneralixboards [2009/12/05 15:42] (current) ChristianPointner
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 Hardware description: [[http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm|http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm]]  Hardware description: [[http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm|http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm]] 
  
-We use this Boards as Routers of our [[:5Bone|5Bone]] and run [[http://www.openwrt.org/|OpenWRT]] Kamikaze on these boards. Debian and OpenBSD would be other alternatives. +We use this Boards as Routers of our [[5Bone]] and run [[[http://www.openwrt.org/|OpenWRT|http://www.openwrt.org/|OpenWRT]]] Kamikaze on these boards. Debian and OpenBSD would be other alternatives. 
  
 The x86 images created with the OpenWRT image builder work fine.  The x86 images created with the OpenWRT image builder work fine. 
  
-{{kamikaze_7.09-for-alix-0xff-01.patch|The second Version}} of our patch to build the firmware. This image contains support for Hardware Crypto of the Geode CPU and the newest madwifi modules which support DFS. You can build the image by invoking the following commands: +[{{kamikaze_7.09-for-alix-0xff-01.patch|The|second Version}}of our patch to build the firmware. This image contains support for Hardware Crypto of the Geode CPU and the newest madwifi modules which support DFS. You can build the image by invoking the following commands: 
  
  
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 # make # make
 </file> </file>
-Below there is a sample wireless configuration for both master and slave which is used by us on our [[:5Bone|5Bone]]-Routers: +Below there is a sample wireless configuration for both master and slave which is used by us on our [[5Bone]]-Routers: 
  
 Master:  Master: 
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 <file>config wifi-device  wifi0 <file>config wifi-device  wifi0
         option type      atheros         option type      atheros
-        option distance  1000 +        option distance  <distance in meter> 
-        option channel   140+        option channel   <channel 100-140>
         option agmode    11a         option agmode    11a
         option diversity 0         option diversity 0
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 config wifi-iface config wifi-iface
         option device   wifi0         option device   wifi0
-        option network  graba68+        option network  <network name>
         option mode     ap         option mode     ap
-        option ssid     mcg-graba68.5bone.ffgraz.net+        option ssid     <name>.5bone.ffgraz.net
         option encryption none         option encryption none
         option txpower  5         option txpower  5
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 <file>config wifi-device  wifi0 <file>config wifi-device  wifi0
         option type      atheros         option type      atheros
-        option distance  1000+        option distance  <distance in meter>
         option agmode    11a         option agmode    11a
         option diversity 0         option diversity 0
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 config wifi-iface config wifi-iface
         option device   wifi0         option device   wifi0
-        option network  mcg+        option network  <network name>
         option mode     sta         option mode     sta
-        option ssid     mcg-graba68.5bone.ffgraz.net+        option ssid     <name>.5bone.ffgraz.net
         option encryption none         option encryption none
         option txpower  5         option txpower  5
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         option turbo    1         option turbo    1
 </file> </file>
-The older patch without crypto support and old madwifi can be found {{kamikaze_7.09-for-alix-0xff-01.patch|here}}. The patch can be used to build an image with kernel modules for VIA Rhine and Alix Leds. The image also contains //ip//, //olsrd//, //kmod-madwifi//, //wireless-tools//, //tcpdump// and //libpcap//. There is currently no support for the Hardware Crypto of the Geode CPU. +And currently we are using an olsr config like this:  
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +<file>config olsr 
 +        option DebugLevel       '0' 
 +        option IpVersion        '4' 
 +        option AllowNoInt       'yes' 
 +        option Pollrate '0.025' 
 +        option TcRedundancy     '2' 
 +        option MprCoverage      '7' 
 +        option LinkQualityFishEye       '1' 
 +        option LinkQualityWinSize       '100' 
 +        option LinkQualityDijkstraLimit '0 10.0' 
 +        option LinkQualityLevel '2' 
 +        option UseHysteresis    'no' 
 +        option FIBMetric        '"approx"' 
 +        option ClearScreen      'yes' 
 +        option LinkQualityAging '0.1' 
 +        option LinkQualityAlgorithm    '"etx_ff"' 
 + 
 +config Interface                                                                                        
 +        option Interface 'lan'  
 +        option HelloInterval    '3.0' 
 +        option HelloValidityTime        '125.0' 
 +        option TcInterval       '2.0' 
 +        option TcValidityTime   '500.0' 
 +        option MidInterval      '25.0' 
 +        option MidValidityTime  '500.0' 
 +        option HnaInterval      '10.0' 
 +        option HnaValidityTime  '125.0' 
 + 
 +config Interface 
 +        option Interface        '<network name>' 
 +        option HelloInterval    '3.0' 
 +        option HelloValidityTime        '125.0' 
 +        option TcInterval       '2.0' 
 +        option TcValidityTime   '500.0' 
 +        option MidInterval      '25.0' 
 +        option MidValidityTime  '500.0' 
 +        option HnaInterval      '10.0' 
 +        option HnaValidityTime  '125.0' 
 + 
 +config LoadPlugin 
 +        option Library  'olsrd_httpinfo.so.0.1' 
 +        option port     '8080' 
 +        option Host     '127.0.0.1' 
 + 
 +config LoadPlugin 
 +        option Library  'olsrd_txtinfo.so.0.1' 
 +        option Accept   '127.0.0.1' 
 +</file> 
 +The older patch without crypto support and old madwifi can be found [{{kamikaze_7.09-for-alix-0xff-01.patch|here|attachment:kamikaze_7.09-for-alix-0xff-01.patch|here}}]. The patch can be used to build an image with kernel modules for VIA Rhine and Alix Leds. The image also contains //ip//, //olsrd//, //kmod-madwifi//, //wireless-tools//, //tcpdump// and //libpcap//. There is currently no support for the Hardware Crypto of the Geode CPU. 
  
 Some hints:  Some hints: 
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   * [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/HardwareAcceleratedCrypto|http://wiki.openwrt.org/HardwareAcceleratedCrypto]]    * [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/HardwareAcceleratedCrypto|http://wiki.openwrt.org/HardwareAcceleratedCrypto]] 
   * [[http://www.docunext.com/wiki/My_Notes_on_Patching_2.6.22_with_OCF|http://www.docunext.com/wiki/My_Notes_on_Patching_2.6.22_with_OCF]]    * [[http://www.docunext.com/wiki/My_Notes_on_Patching_2.6.22_with_OCF|http://www.docunext.com/wiki/My_Notes_on_Patching_2.6.22_with_OCF]] 
-[[:ChangeLog|ChangeLog]] +ChangeLog 
  
-20080605 The challenge is getting the Geode's hardware crypto support running with Kamikaze. Or actually, the challenge is to build Kamikaze from trunk anyway when something is [[https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/3501|broken]] +20080605 The challenge is getting the Geode's hardware crypto support running with Kamikaze. Or actually, the challenge is to build Kamikaze from trunk anyway when something is [[[https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/3501|broken|https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/3501|broken]]] 
  
  
  
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