Federico Sgobbi

No special kernel is required. Armbian is ready to work with mesh networks (If you want to experiment see: https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Debian_batman-adv_AutoStartup). But is needed that wifi device and its driver support ad-hoc or 80211s connection (are 2 different modes, but for my config is indifferent one or other), that seems there isn't... Do you have any idea about what is the cheapest SBC with wifi and external antenna that i can try? The Orange PI R1 have the RTL8189, support for that is best?

Hello, i'm trying to make a mesh network with some Orange PI Zero devices, but ibss (adhoc) and 80211s (mesh) seem not working...with an usb wifi work fine... I have read that this device's support isn't the best, but i don't kwnow if my case is a release specific bug or these modes aren't really supported. Installed release "Armbian_5.38_Orangepizero_Debian_stretch_next_4.14.14", i have also trying dev kernel but this don't load the device... What are the really working modes and valid interface combinations? Reported info by iw list command seem not correct. Thanks for the help