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+# No uci support for hop penalty after Gluon v2019.1.2
+INTERFACE="bat0"
+PENALTY="5"
+CURRENT=$(cat /sys/class/net/$INTERFACE/mesh/hop_penalty)
+if [ "$PENALTY" != "$CURRENT" ]; then
+    echo $PENALTY > /sys/class/net/$INTERFACE/mesh/hop_penalty
+    uci set batman-adv.$INTERFACE.hop_penalty=$PENALTY
+    uci commit batman-adv
+fi