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Setting up WiMax nodes at WINLAB and accessing them.

Setups on the WiMax nodes

We are using 2 nodes at Winlab which have WiMax connectivity.

At the moment each of these nodes is a combination of a Laptop (which has the WiMax card) and a Yellow-Box (which has the WiFi card). They are connected with a local link.

The subnet we used for WiMax is 10.42.0.0.

The two WiMax nodes are:

  • node [1,8]
    • IP on the fixed wired network: 10.40.1.8
    • IP on the WiMax network is 10.42.100.6
    • Name of the node on the "niwi" domain: [1,100]
  • node [1,104]
    • IP on the fixed wired network: 10.40.1.104
    • IP on the WiMax network is 10.42.100.3
    • Name of the node on the "niwi" domain: [1,104]

The configuration of the WiMax interface is not done by default when a node boots!!!

So you will need to do the following:

# This is for [1,8] (aka [1,100] on niwi domain)

node1-8:~# ifconfig eth0 down
node1-8:~# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:1b:8b:54:02:84
node1-8:~# ifconfig eth0 10.42.100.6 netmask 255.255.255.0
node1-8:~# ifconfig eth0 mtu 1450
node1-8:~# ifconfig eth0 up
node1-8:~# route add default eth0

IMPORTANT: in order for this setup to work, the eth0 interface on the node needs to clone the MAC address of the Laptop's interface, as done in this example above. Here are the MAC addresses to clone for both nodes

Node [1,8] (aka [1,100] on niwi domain): 00:1b:8b:54:02:84

Node [1,104] (aka [1,104] on niwi domain): 00:1B:8B:54:02:9A

If you want to cut the wired link to the node , you will need to do:

node1-8:~# route del default gw 10.40.0.1 eth1
node1-8:~# ifconfig eth1 down

Note: remember to have WiMax setup and working before cutting the wired link.

Setup on the other nodes of the testbed and on the consoles:

To be able to access the WiMax nodes at Winlab (located in the 10.42.100.X network), we need to add the additional routes to our setup. The following route commands assume that the WiMax gateway is reachable on the NICTA-Winlab LAN at the address 10.40.0.20.
  • On NORBIT:
    route add -net 10.42.0.0 gw 10.40.0.20 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev br0
  • On any nodes in our testbed (i.e. nodes with IP 10.40.2.X):
    route add -net 10.42.0.0 gw 10.40.0.20 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1

Useful things:

  • Some addresses:
    Norbit             - 10.40.0.252
Console of outdoor - 10.40.0.253
DHCP at Winlab     - 10.0.0.9

Wifi (Yellow-box) Nodes at Winlab - 10.40.x.y
Wifi (Yellow-box) Nodes at Nicta  - 10.40.2.x
  • How to access the Serial console and the CM console of the WiMax nodes:
    For node [1,8] (aka [1,100] on niwi domain):

telnet 10.1.224.8 3025
telnet 10.1.224.8 23

For node [1,104] (aka [1,104] on niwi domain):

telnet 10.1.224.104 3025
telnet 10.1.224.104 23