I was going to write something here about my successes in integrating Apple wireless products into a pre-existing OpenWRT-based wireless network, but it seems I declared victory a bit too early. I can’t get the thing to form a mesh network with my broadcom-based OpenWRT router. According to the Google, this is a failing on both sides- OpenWRT is currently unable to use WPA2 with WDS, and the AirPort can’t join an exclusively WPA1 WDS network. I could fall back to WEP, as that’d be enough to keep most people off my network, but it’s mostly a joke these days anyhow.
I’ve settled on naming my network “608lovesyou”, changing all my passwords on my machines, and opening up my LAN to the building. Here’s hoping there’s nobody malicious around (ha). Hopefully either Kamikaze will be finished soon or the OpenWRT people will fix the WDS problem (WDS is way out of my depth).
Also, Airtunes is totally rad.
