oh-huh

So, after re-reading that post below I realized I have learned a little bit more that I should add. While the accton router from open-mesh is indeed an OpenWRT device, it's not quite vanilla. It has RO.B.IN mesh setup specific to open-mesh. While this is indeed great, it's not what I needed. I took the files from open-mesh's re-flash instructions and replaced the root fs and kernel from the OpenWRT current version of Kamikaze. Once I did that I followed the OpenWRT docs and did what I wanted.

At present the device is running my IRC client, screen'd, connected to freenode. It's also a kismet_drone for me so I can get an idea of the competing wifi signals in my area. I had previously done this work, and then the Toyota dealership across the freeway started one up on channel 11 and caused me some problems. Channel 3 had looked great based on the previous survey, but my new crappy cordless phone that claims to be a 900mhz cheapy knocks me off of channel 3 every single time you turn it on.

I'm looking to setup an IPv6 tunnel on the thing, and make that an IPv6 only access point. That should be nice. My woman has mentioned the possibility of either an HP Mini-note with expresscard data via one of the cellular providers, maybe even Clearwire, or an iPhone 3g with data. This isn't until after the garnish stops and her additional income starts rolling in... but still it's some really nice geek fun and connectivity. The 3g will only be an option if tethering isn't too expensive because I will eventually be getting the HP Mini-note either way. Once I do I'm sure I'll be... keeping more of this type of crap up-to-date.