Re: 20 MP02 to URJC

[T Gillett]

Hi Carlos

I have just started working with the TP Link TL-WDN3200 dual band 2.4 / 5GHz USB wifi device.

It seems to work well in both AA and BB versions of OpenWrt.

I am updating the SECN 2 and SECN 3 Duo firmware GUI to accommodate dual band working for the USB devices.

This may be a good device for Javier to use as it allows you to simply switch bands by selecting the channel that you want to use: 1 - 11 -> 2.4GHz, and 36 - 48, 149 - 165 -> 5GHz

Note that this device has an internal antenna; it does not have an external antenna connection.

Information on using the USB wifi devices with SECN firmware on MP2 and other supported devices is on the VT wiki page here:   
      http://wiki.villagetelco.org/Using_USB_WiFi_Devices_for_Dual_Radio 

Regarding antennas on the MP2 itself for the internal 2.4GHz radio, if you want to use external antennas, you will have to specify them at the time of ordering as it requires a change to a SMD device on the board to re-route the signal to the antenna socket rather than to the on board chip antenna. Unless you have SMD re-work soldering facilities, this is problematic to do after manufacture.

If you order with external antenna, there will be a RP-SMA connector fitted to the case and a small 3dB stick antenna supplied.

You can see the available options on the VT Shop page here:  
      http://store.villagetelco.com/mesh-potatoes.html 

Regards
Terry

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:00 AM, Carlos Rey-Moreno <carlos.r...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cool!

Javier, do you think you are going to require the external antenna, or you have enough from the other devices in the lab there?

With regards to the USB for the second radio, I'm cc'ing Terry. Terry, have you tried any dongle in 5GHz?

Best,

carlos

On 27 January 2015 at 16:31, Javier Simó <javie...@urjc.es> wrote:

El 27/01/15 a las #4, Steve Song escribió:

Very interesting and great news!  For testing, I think you could probably get away with just the MP2 Basic as it runs asterisk although I am not sure if there are issues related to simulating the off-hook experience of FXS port. 

Hello all

This is really great news also for me, thanks Bill and Carlos for the effort. As Carlos explained, I have an student willing to copy the configuration in Mankosi and try to justify what the behaviour of the network should be with that topology and how it could be improved.

Systematic traffic will be generated with D-ITG, but it would be good to have a couple of devices MP2 Phone for subjective evaluation. The others can be MP2 Basic.

Bill, has agreed on paying for the equipment, but they need to be shipped to Spain. Javier will provide the address.

My address:

Javier Simó
Departamental III building, D204
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Campus Fuenlabrada
Camino del Molino s/n
28943 Fuenlabrada (Madrid)
Spain

Best

The idea is to study the number of simultaneous calls that a given network (and each individual MP) can handle. I think initially all the calls were going to be generated by a traffic generator. I also think that the idea was to test the MP02 with 2 radios and use one for the mesh and the other for the access.

Although Javier will clarify on this, if this is the case, you think we need to buy the MP02 Phone, or the Basic edition?

Thanks in advance,

carlos

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Department of Computer Science
University of the Western Cape
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Cape Town - South Africa
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[William Tucker]

thanks, guys! will place the order soon and get this rolling.

bill

William D. Tucker
Associate Professor of Computer Science

University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa
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