[WLANware] Upgrade to 1.7.0 and Two routers connected via cable

[Jan Groenewald]

Hi

> > I used to have two routers connected via cable
> > on the wan interface and ran olsr on there for 
> > the best routing (in a mesh of 100 nodes
> > these were two "high sites" on the mountain
> > pointing to different neighbourhoods.
> > 
> > I upgraded one to 1.7.0 today and wan_proto=olsr
> > is no longer available, not even allowed.
> > 
> > root at alan:~# ifup wan
> > ### WARNING vlan1: proto olsr not supported
> > 
> > What is the new solution?
> 
> I found this in the Changelog, which I think I read earlier but forgot.
> 
> 
> + Basti complains about that pre-defined WIFIOLSR=1 and
>   in Vienna, they use a second mesh network range. For that
>   reason new setting on OLSR page: ff_range. Defaults to WLAN
>   address range. Determines interfaces for OLSR and firewall.
>   Removed (lan/wan)_proto=olsr, chg to "static" in S14ffnvram.
>   Changed startup files and old /usr/bin/netparam accordingly.
> 
> I still do not understand the new preferred solution, or what this
> second range or ff_range is. 
> 
> I downgraded the two nodes in the meantime.

I'm guessing this sounds useful?

+ New ff_iface setting, e.g. to add olsr tunnel interfaces

Not sure how to use it though...

Jan

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