MicroHard Mesh Radio Setup

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN) can act as a scalable backbone by connecting separate mesh points and even by connecting a WMN to a wired network. It is flexible, self-forming and self-healing. Microhard mesh networks provide either a open mesh mode and secure mesh mode. In secure mesh mode, the data traffic is encrypted by AES128 and can prevent unwanted mesh points from joining the mesh network.

Microhard mesh protocols provide a optimized path selection algorithm, and maintain path stability and keep a high performance of throughput and low latency. To set up a pMDDL station to Mesh mode, in the menu Wireless--->RF---> "Operation Mode", drop down and choose "Mesh" mode. In the same page, you need to set up a common "Mesh ID" to all joining mesh points.

For a secure mesh network, enable "Encryption Type" and select "AES-128". When all pMDDL stations are configured as mesh nodes properly, they will form a Wireless Mesh Network automatically by the path selection protocol. In the Wireless--->Status page, you can view all the mesh peers connected with this pMDDL station.

Setup

Default user and password is:

username: admin

password: admin

I change it to username: admin

password: smartap

Note: This is a mesh network. You can add more radios if you wish.

Radio 1 (Home computer Sky-Drones microhard radio)

Network->LAN:

Edit:

Wireless -> RF:

Mesh ID MUST BE THE SAME on all nodes or they will not talk

example, wireless distance

Radio 2 (VOXL2 microhard radio)

Network->LAN:

Edit:

Wireless -> RF:

These settings can be modified as seen fit. As example, wireless distance

Mesh ID MUST BE THE SAME on all nodes or they will not talk

Radio 3 (Atlas GCS microhard radio)

Network->LAN:

Edit:

Wireless -> RF:

These settings can be modified as seen fit. As example, wireless distance

Mesh ID MUST BE THE SAME on all nodes or they will not talk

Other notes:

If you are going to modify radio settings, I recommend modifying the VOXL2 radio first, because it is the only radio that you cannot locally connect to to change stuff

Microhard radios support DHCP which means you won't necessarily have to set a static ip when connecting to them