Luci configurable parameters for Mesh (11s)

[bobster-galore]

Would be nice to configure parameters of Mesh (11s) within Luci, minimum "option mesh_fwding '0'".

[bobster-galore]

s.a. https://github.com/openwrt/luci/pull/1513 concerning mesh forwarding.

[kishangondaliya]

@bobster-galore , Can you list down working params with possible values. By working I mean, when you use it in /etc/config/wireless, mesh interface should be configured as expected. Also list down params which are not supported and needs to be integrated.

[SvenRoederer]

"option mesh_fwding" was merged in https://github.com/openwrt/luci/pull/1513

[bobster-galore]

Today I changed the mesh-id several times until I found a satisfying string for berlin community (mesh-ch13.berlin.freifunk.net) and out of sudden one of the routers didn't mesh any more. When I checked /etc/config/wireless I found "option key '1'" - any ideas where does that come from? May be "option mesh_fwding" is enough, we should discuss that.

[kishangondaliya]

Available mesh params with their default values.

mesh_retry_timeout = 100 milliseconds mesh_confirm_timeout = 100 milliseconds mesh_holding_timeout = 100 milliseconds mesh_max_peer_links = 32 mesh_max_retries = 3 mesh_ttl = 31 mesh_element_ttl = 31 mesh_auto_open_plinks = 1 mesh_hwmp_max_preq_retries = 4 mesh_path_refresh_time = 1000 milliseconds mesh_min_discovery_timeout = 100 milliseconds mesh_hwmp_active_path_timeout = 5000 TUs mesh_hwmp_preq_min_interval = 10 TUs mesh_hwmp_net_diameter_traversal_time = 50 TUs mesh_hwmp_rootmode = 0 mesh_hwmp_rann_interval = 5000 TUs mesh_gate_announcements = 0 mesh_fwding = 1 mesh_sync_offset_max_neighor = 50 mesh_rssi_threshold = 0 dBm mesh_hwmp_active_path_to_root_timeout = 6000 TUs mesh_hwmp_root_interval = 5000 TUs mesh_hwmp_confirmation_interval = 2000 TUs mesh_power_mode = active mesh_awake_window = 10 TUs mesh_plink_timeout = 1800 seconds

As a part of 802.11s community, I would like all of them available on OpenWRT.

[SvenRoederer]

according to https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/d91494eedf06ac6b31c1aa9f7172871b16af96c8/package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh at least most of them have a UCI-setting on OpenWRT. But if you want to make them all avail in LuCI, this might create a mess on the web-site. So probably an extra page might be the best.

[FreifunkUFO]

thats a big list, but i think the next most important value for 11s to add is: mcast_rate the ability to change it via luci is also missing for ad-hoc (please add it for that too)

and next step: we could also add values to set an encrypted 11s. but then wpad-mesh (and authsae) is mandatory needed. so hints or queries might to be added (whether these packages are installed or not).

[bobster-galore]

What about introducing to Luci what @FreifunkUFO mentions and leaving the rest @ config-files? I believe those who want to alter the less common options know how to use the config-files for their purpose.

@kishangondaliya likes to have all the mesh-options available on openwrt - from https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/mesh.80211s to https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh I think they are all available thru the network driver.

Perhaps it would be nice to have a default config file having all the by @kishangondaliya above mentioned settings - so everybody can feel free to alter the defaults. ... and a hint where to alter the settings.

I can imagine this could be a nice way to deal with Mesh (11s), what do u think?