GL-X3000 802.11s mesh support

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Hi,

I am interested in running a mesh with the GL-X3000 as one of the nodes.

I have been trying to set it up by installing the wpad-openssl package but it seems that the firmware offered by GL-iNet doesn't support it.
However I have managed to have it running when flashing a vanilla openwrt firmware, meaning the hardware is capable of running mesh and I assume the issue is a driver support in the GL-iNet firmware.
Would anyone know if there is a way to configure a proper 802.11s mesh with the GL-iNet firmware ?

Thank you in advance :slight_smile:

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Hello,

GL firmware of X3000 is based on MTK SDK and closed-source driver, perhaps not support the Mesh.

The Vanilla OpenWRT is an open-source driver, which is different from GL firmware.

If available, you can continually use Vanilla OpenWRT.

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Hi,

Indeed that's what I thought.. Ideally I would like to use the nice GL-iNet interface to manage the modem/sim card while having mesh support.
Do you know if there are plans to bring mesh support to the GL firmware in the future ?

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Hi,

Truly sorry. There are no plans probably at present, but perhaps some products supporting mesh may be released in the future, which will be determined based on market needs.

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Hi,

Understood, thanks for the info :slight_smile:

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