diff --git a/files/etc/config.mesh/run-fccid b/files/etc/config.mesh/run-fccid
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/files/etc/crontabs/root b/files/etc/crontabs/root
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d2a6c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/etc/crontabs/root
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/fccid
diff --git a/files/usr/local/bin/fccid b/files/usr/local/bin/fccid
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ee08fa19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/usr/local/bin/fccid
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ -f /etc/config/run-fccid ] || exit
+
+# stagger the beacons between nodes
+N=`ifconfig wlan0 | grep "inet addr" | cut -f4 -d. | cut -c1-3`
+sleep $N
+
+echo "ID: `uname -n`" | socat - udp4:10.255.255.255:4919,broadcast,so-bindtodevice=wlan0