Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Development with IPQ5018 & IPQ5010: WallysTech DR5018S Source Code Now on GitHub

🚀 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

🔗 [ GitHub link]

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