I just finished setting up a GL.iNet GL-AR750 with firmware version 3.20.3.0.
I connected the WAN, LAN, and dtd ports as described in the Readme file under Nightly Builds.
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I connected the WAN, LAN, and dtd ports as described in the Readme file under Nightly Builds.
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The GL.iNet GL-AR750 is pre-configured with the following ports, left to right:
Left Port with internet globe icon: WAN (untagged)
Middle Port with “<..>” icon: LAN (untagged)
Right Port with “<..>” icon: DtDLink (vlan 2)
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I noticed that I had a WAN address but no ip address being issued to my Grandstream HT701 on the center port and no indication of the dtd device connected to the right port.
I then unplugged the Grandstream from the center port and plugged it into the right port and unplugged the dtd device from the right port and plugged it into the center port.
When I checked the node the dtd device showed up on the Mesh Status page and an ip address had been issued to the Grandstream HT701.
Summary:
The ports on the GL-AR750, from left to right are: WAN, dtd, LAN.
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I noticed that I had a WAN address but no ip address being issued to my Grandstream HT701 on the center port and no indication of the dtd device connected to the right port.
I then unplugged the Grandstream from the center port and plugged it into the right port and unplugged the dtd device from the right port and plugged it into the center port.
When I checked the node the dtd device showed up on the Mesh Status page and an ip address had been issued to the Grandstream HT701.
Summary:
The ports on the GL-AR750, from left to right are: WAN, dtd, LAN.
http://downloads.arednmesh.org/snapshots/trunk/readme.md
Thank you!
That's the same as mine running NB#1394 but my labels are prettier (grin). Forget where I got the port descriptions but these are them. I also label the Mesh IP# and the LAN IP# on the bottom of the unit along with my wifi password but trying not to cover up the air vents or the label.
Don't see any h/w version# on my unit's label, but for mine this needs fixing for AR750 notes: http://downloads.arednmesh.org/snapshots/trunk/readme.md
- Don - AA7AU
NC8Q,
You've given me the opportunity to show off the labeling I do on my travel nodes. This is one of my AR750's that I use rubber-banded to a Li-Ion battery to do installs or just to connect to a mesh nodes. You can see I modified the board and put external antennas on it (wasn't hard, but requires solder skills). Oh, yeah, and this version has the built-in POE power supply. I work around a lot of 802.3af networks so it comes in super handy.
In this kit I have a pocket-sized MikroTik SXTsq-5HP that I can connect to the DtD port and reach out to our 5GHz nodes pretty far away (depending on my altitude). I also roll with an LTE GL-MiFi that I can connect to the WAN port of this AR750 if I need to install a node and I want to get its LAT/LONG on the map.
-Damon K9CQB
Nice labels. :-)
Orv W6BI
The label under the AREDN decal is the node name and the label on the top/side is the 5GHz WiFi SSID so anybody looking for it in my workspace can associate with it. I used to put the password on the top underneath the WiFi SSID, but now it's located on the bottom next to the 'dataplate'. It really wouldn't matter though, as all of the guys I do AREDN with know my standardized password for amateur radio stuff. ;-)
I know this thread is to correct the readme file for the AR750, but I couldn't help but post my photos. BTW, I have both an old (one of the oldest) AR750 and a new one and by default they both assign ports as <WAN> <DtD> <LAN> once flashed.
-Damon K9CQB
Orv W6BI
OK Damon, you've got me beat. My Fisher-Price label machine doesn't make those nice small labels (*) and I never could have fit them under the ports themselves like you have - very nice! I do note that you didn't show off the rubber band (grin).
I'll bite - what is that bit of h/w stuck in the USB slot, and how are you using it? I thought we could only get 5V power from that slot.
Well done!
- Don - AA7AU
ps: (*) I'm an old guy and, in my defense, my F/P sized labels are easier for these old eyes to read, but I still like yours.
Don,
That's a 128GB Cruzer thumb drive that I have stripped from it's case and wrapped in Kapton tape. I do that to save space on most of my travel drives. It's just as durable in the case or out. Then I label it. It has all of my amateur radio stuff on it (Winklink exe's and messages, APRS stuff, radio images/codeplugs, radio software, AREDN software and documentation, etc.).
I'm first getting the drive accessible to device itself as a local storage repository (libusb and usbutils.opkg stuff), but eventually I'd like to make it available to our whole network as a network share drive or NAS. I just haven't had time to complete that. I'm no networking expert. Once I do I will certainly post it.
I wish somebody would have already built a nice utility for USB network share drives, like what Trevor did for Meshchat.
-Damon K9CQB
P.S.: This AR750 has a MicroSD card that can handle a 128GB MicroSD card. I would also like to get that to be the network share drive, like the original OpenWRT image, but it seems harder to me and it doesn't help the folks with MikroTik device that have only USB ports (hAP-ac-lite, Basebox 2&5, RB912's, etc.).