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For internet access, simply connect your internet ethernet cable to the WAN port of any Node that you want to use as the mesh gateway. Depending on your internet connection, choose Static or DHCP for your WAN IP address. The [http://www.olsr.org/ OLSR] protocol in the mesh ensures that all the WLANs and LANs can connect to the internet. | For internet access, simply connect your internet ethernet cable to the WAN port of any Node that you want to use as the mesh gateway. Depending on your internet connection, choose Static or DHCP for your WAN IP address. The [http://www.olsr.org/ OLSR] protocol in the mesh ensures that all the WLANs and LANs can connect to the internet. | ||
==Clients can Join the Mesh== | |||
A laptop or a PC connected to the mesh can also run OLSR daemon (available from download section of http://www.olsr.org/ for all the popular operating systems). This will make each of the PCs act as additional nodes of the mesh. This way the mesh dynamically changes its shape. | |||
==More questions== | ==More questions== | ||