1. www.HSMM-MESH.org Step-by-step Here is how simple it is to get on the Mesh...

2. Go Shopping for a router

3. Broadband Hamnet™ Router Shopping Guide WRT54G information courtesy Wikipedia.org 11/2012, Consider printing this and keeping a copy handy to evaluate used equipment Warning: There are a number of router models made by linksys with confusingly similar names. Check the model name carefully. If it has a suffix or added letters in the middle, check the broadbandhamnet. org web site to see if it's compatible. Simplified shopping list:

4. WRT54G Series ModelVersionComments WRT54GS1.0 – 3.0Most memory (32/8) MB WRT54GS WRT54G WRT54GL 4.0 1.1 – 4.0 1.0 – 1.1 16/4 MB WRT54G1.016/4 MB 5V DC power Warning - uses different supply voltage from all other models.

5. www.HSMM-MESH.org Go to HSMM-MESH website – Software Download page

6. www.HSMM-MESH.org Save the proper file for your model

7. www.HSMM-MESH.org If purchased used, push and hold the reset button on the back with a pen or similar object for 10 seconds

8. www.HSMM-MESH.org Connect PC to the router, boot PC, open favorite browser, and log in to router administration page (no username, pass: admin)

9. www.HSMM-MESH.org Go to Administration page

10. www.HSMM-MESH.org Go to firmware update tab, click browse and select the file you saved earlier

11. www.HSMM-MESH.org DO NOT remove power while it is updating

12. www.HSMM-MESH.org SUCCESS ! Router will reboot and become an HSMM-MESH node

13. www.HSMM-MESH.org Need to refresh your computer's IP address. Click START and Run, type in CMD and hit OK

14. www.HSMM-MESH.org Type IPCONFIG /release and then IPCONFIG /renew. It should then show like the text in the yellow box below.

15. www.HSMM-MESH.org In your browser, go to http://localnode:8080. It should show you a screen like below http://localnode:8080

16. www.HSMM-MESH.org Click the SETUP button and login. The default is root and hsmm

17. www.HSMM-MESH.org Minimally, you need to set the node name and change the password. Your call sign must be in the node name (like KB1JFG-3). Click SAVE

18. www.HSMM-MESH.org When you click SAVE, it will reboot.

19. www.HSMM-MESH.org After about 60 seconds, it will refresh and show the main status page

20. www.HSMM-MESH.org Clicking MESH STATUS will show you any nodes it may be connected to.

21. www.HSMM-MESH.org From the Main page, clicking the WIFI SCAN button will show you any other Wifi access points it may see

22. Port fwd, DHCP and Services

23. Administration

24. Mesh Chat

25. Mesh Cam

26. Raspi Web Server

27. http://youtu.be/9vYTFmSz6hk i2eye

28. Please Update the R.I. Map

29. Now Let’s Get on the Mesh! http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/addmap1.cfm