Free Central Controller For OpenWrt

[dvdwalt]

Hello Everyone,

You are welcome to give our Central Controller a spin.

• The project is now fully end-to-end Open Source
• It is hosted on Github (finally migrated from Sourceforge after 10 years!)
• Advanced GUI with graphs, and maps.
• The controller is hosted by yourself and fully under your control.
• White Labeled.
• Support for hardware with up to three radios.
• Centrally manage Batman-Adv based mesh networks with ease.
• Includes an advanced scheduler which is ideal to manage GPIO (IOT)
• Includes an Alert system to notify you when devices are down.
• Includes a RADIUS server to manage Internet usage (RADIUSdesk)

Grab a couple of these and start deploying managed mesh networks in a snap

Xiaomi Mi Wireless Router 4C

Wireless speeds of up to 300Mbps 4 omnidirectional external antennas 64MB Memory Smart unauthorized access prevention Wi-Fi optimization Smart control via app 1 Year Warranty

www.incredible.co.za

(Yes it can mesh single radio Mediatek cheapies here but also 3Radio IPQs if you want to)

Here you can see how we include real-time IOT support on a mesh which use hardware from various vendors all running OpenWrt

https://www.radiusdesk.com/

 

[DapperDanMan]

Incredible!

 

[HartsockZA]

Hell where was this when I had a wrt router

 

[s0lar]

This is awesome!

 

[mrlgm007]

@dvdwalt Question can I link up

2x Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition and then​

1 x Xiaomi Mi Wireless Router 4A​

 

[dvdwalt]

@dvdwalt Question can I link up

2x Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition and then​

1 x Xiaomi Mi Wireless Router 4A​

Yes,

You can create a mesh network where they are all members of the same mesh.
Since these are dual radio devices you will typically use the 5G radio for the mesh connections (and optionally run it also as an AP) and the 2.4G radio as an 'access layer'

If you have other vendor's hardware lying around they can also join in. (As long as they can be flashed with OpenWrt)
There are detailed instructions on how to create the firmware for different hardware models.

Models from hardware vendors that is available in South Africa we flashed with OpenWRT and meshed in the past include

• Ubiquiti
• Meraki
• Aruba
• TP-Link
• Xiaomi

Also the gateway node of the mesh is not required to be via an Ethernet cable. (Although that gives the best performance)
There are also options to get the Internet connection as a WiFi client, and then do mesh to expand the coverage.

 

[mrlgm007]

@dvdwalt Thanks for your reply will bring home the other router this week and create it with the first 2x 4a xiaomi I have.

Right now have 2 access points with different SSID in two different parts of the house , Connected on the same lan.

 

[dvdwalt]

Note the original post has been updated...

1. Project is now fully Open Source.
2. Real-time support for command execution on the mesh networks. Ideal for IOT implementation (See YT video)