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<div class="im">I did that and used some other techniques to permanently
change the hostname and that sort of worked, the network still
recognizes the old name. I also had to add an A record in my DNS on the
network and that seemed to work for now. the problem here is that the
old name is still accessible.<br>
</div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">What about editing /etc/hostname?<br></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
The domainname is set by looking up your IP, so you can set it by adding<br>
a complete entry for a static IP in /etc/hosts.<br></blockquote><div><br><br>I actually tried batman several months ago (before I had to start over from scratch) and If I remember, I had some issues getting it to work back then (I couldn't tell you what happened, I just do not remember). I Like OLSRD for the plugins - specifically the dot mapping one.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I used olsrd back then as well. It seems to me one would use batman<br>
today. </blockquote><div><br><br>OK,... this one is defiantly new to me on Linux - never set up vpns before.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
WPA/WPA2 is not supported over ad-hoc to my knowledge.<br>
WEP ist trivially breakable nowadays.<br>
I'd just use unencrypted links and run VPNs/secured connections where<br>
necessary.<br></blockquote><div><br>The mesh will not have access to the internet unless the end user has that transport specifically setup for them. What I am trying to accomplish is creating the "last mile" of a transport system to remove all wires from the house, business, etc... For now, this network is isolated completely. The only way I am even doing apt updates are with an internal apt repo.<br>
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If you use the mesh as an 'internal' network, WEP won't protect you, if<br>
it is just a transfer network to the next internet gateway, be aware<br>
e.g. HTTP will just be plain readable once it leaves your protected<br>
mesh anyway.<br></blockquote><div><br>Interesting, I was not aware of that.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Olsrd, if I remember correctly, just meant to use iwconfig and bring the<br>
interface into ad-hoc mode + place an ssid, then starting olsrd<br>
(configured on these interfaces, ofc).<br></blockquote><div><br>- John<br><br></div></div>