I thought I would post what I have beenworking on. I’m basically building an Open Source MANET radio, using the Seeed board and RPI4s. This project is still fairly early, but more people are starting to help. The Morse Micro CEO posted about it yesterday on Linkedin actually.
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What an awesome project! I saw it was featured in a recent Youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofR7GFNZzJY).
I’d be curious to know if you’ve looked into mapping it on the HaLowLink 1 hardware as well?
Project update on OpenMANET:
OpenMANET is an open-source, Raspberry Pi–based HaLow mesh (MANET) platform using Morse Micro radios. The intent is to make it easier to build and test real mesh networks end-to-end using a repeatable OpenWRT image, sane defaults, and solid docs, the project is aimed at being used for mobile meshes. But, we do have some people using these statically for sensor and camera backhaul.
This release is now based on OpenWRT 24.10. It supports Pi Zero 2W, Pi 3B, Pi 4, and CM4 (with SPI boards), and we can add Raspberry Pi 5 support as well. It also adds support for MM8108 chipsets and includes several stability fixes around device/MAC/DHCP behavior that matter in mesh deployments.
A quick note on the “why” and the trade-offs: OpenMANET is intentionally opinionated. It’s designed around a separate, dedicated mesh network with its own addressing and gateway behavior, rather than trying to seamlessly blend into an existing LAN like a typical AP/bridge setup. That won’t be the right approach for everyone, but if you want a mesh and you’re fine with it being its own network, it’s a good option. Each device runs its own DHCP server, so devices can receive an IP in a disconnected state.
If anyone wants to test or contribute, feedback and bug reports (board, chipset, what you tried, and logs) are extremely helpful.
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Hello,
Where would you like to have the interactive feedback ?
I have been testing OpenMANET and have run into some ‘challenges’ ..
Thanks
Faisal