🚀 WallysTech Releases Open-Source DR5018S Mesh Solution on GitHub!
We’re excited to announce that the DR5018S Mesh solution — optimized, tested, and production-ready — has now been fully open-sourced on GitHub.
Built on OpenWrt and enhanced through extensive real-world deployments, this solution is designed for teams working on Wi-Fi 6 / ath11k Mesh networks.
🔍 Why We Open-Sourced It
Mesh networking is essential in industrial IoT, outdoor coverage, enterprise networking, and large-scale distributed systems.
Yet many teams still struggle with:
• Unstable links
• Slow backhaul recovery
• Performance drops in high-density environments
• Limited ath11k Mesh reference designs
After deep testing and tuning in our own projects, we’ve created a stable, engineering-grade Mesh implementation — and we want to share it with the community.
⭐ What’s Inside
✔ Optimized Mesh link logic
✔ Faster reconnection & self-healing
✔ Lower latency during link interruptions
✔ NSS-accelerated forwarding
✔ Mesh configs, tuning parameters, and deployment guides
✔ Driver & firmware-related adjustments for ath11k
💡 About DR5018S
Powered by the Qualcomm IPQ5018 Wi-Fi 6 SoC, DR5018S is proven in harsh environments such as mines, oil fields, campuses, smart cities, and enterprise networks.
It supports flexible roles as both access and backhaul nodes — and is available with an industrial IP68 outdoor enclosure.
📦 GitHub Repository
We’ve included examples, configs, debugging tips, and FAQs to help teams go from “it works” to “it works reliably.”
🤝 Join the Mesh Open-Source Community
If you’re building on Wi-Fi 6 or ath11k Mesh, we invite you to try the solution, share feedback, open issues, or submit PRs.
For large-scale deployments or custom requirements, our team is happy to support — just reach out.
Let’s build the next generation of Mesh networks together. 💡🌐
🚀 Key Features
1. High-Performance Platform Based on IPQ5018
- Qualcomm IPQ5018 chip, dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.0GHz
- 512MB DDR3L system memory, 128MB NAND Flash storage
- Hardware NAT acceleration supporting high-concurrency network connections
2. Complete Mesh Network Support
- Natively integrated B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced Mesh protocol
- Supports multi-hop routing and dynamic topology discovery
- Automatic link quality assessment and routing optimization
3. Enterprise-Level Functions
- Supports WPA3 enterprise-grade security encryption
- VLAN isolation and multi-SSID management
- Centralized network management and monitoring
- Supports Captive Portal and billing systems