Ebay purchases have arrived and flashing has been completed. My WRT54Gv4 and WRT54GLv1.1 are now talking as HSMM nodes. This part of the project went very well, sort of.
Problem one
Non-technical people don't understand the importance of a proper description and technical people try to take advantage of it. An ebay seller described the unit as a TM, though their title was exactly what it turned out to be. I didn't pay much attention to the title and fixated on the description. When the unit arrived, I realized it wasn't a TM. Darn the luck. Upside was that I didn't overpay for the unit.
Problem two
Some ebay sellers don't like to ship items when you get a good deal. That one really ticks me off, but what are you going to do?
Problem three
Learning curve. DNS takes a getting used to. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't enter the node name and connect to the router vs. using the IP address. I knew it was a setting issue, but didn't know where to look. Well, that's the reason I wanted to start playing with HSMM and networking. Isn't that what HAM radio is all about?
Problem four
Learning curve, part deux. So why can't I get my X-Chat to work off the node? Getting ndirc running on router went well. Using Putty to SSH into the router and change some of the config went well. Trying to fire up X-Chat and enter the correct server doesn't go so well. It took four days of tinkering before I finally figured that EXTREMELY simple problem.
This has been a fun week. Nodes up and talking, IRC up and running, and now working to get video.
Anybody in the Columbia/Ashland/Jeff City area playing HSMM yet?
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