From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 10:52:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA30F1065672 for ; Mon, 14 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from monthadar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72FCD8FC0A for ; Mon, 14 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werg1 with SMTP id g1so3047254wer.13 for ; Mon, 14 May 2012 03:52:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=OizCZUpf9a2oBja85yRow30A79KKtSkVxQFy26lqJK0=; b=A6v6lIyAtPAl7rD00PVCtJ45bXDvbYdAaCSl83iU9D3XcKEEgbI/i78TpQ/O6tbNMd XA8G67qhjCKVOw/F/POK7W4mrZYExcNPdsWGpNiR2JaOtQI+MHfQ8p1Ku9ye3oy8by0J pPti1An6jqQs8mOkCify52dQ+7VK1gtC3WMv+bTJWMWvmA5aY2nZXxC6m0bWZTrudB7U ZqcleCAJTBm7M5NH06RJOeBDaOcQlS0rlyHac2ytq4EDtTDhF169SVDBoedgFw7zMIcY HOZnCBsuy/HS2xgf++Ks7x9+OS+smrwLY/WPGaPUuM5EAPFLtwQk9jQ1ScnnZGlnWVnL ju/A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.145.13 with SMTP id o13mr4582143wej.95.1336992745246; Mon, 14 May 2012 03:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.155.74 with HTTP; Mon, 14 May 2012 03:52:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5fd642c1-7bf3-4a25-a35f-54cddea68f13@email.android.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 12:52:25 +0200 Message-ID: From: Monthadar Al Jaberi To: Ivan Voras Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" , Ivo Vachkov Subject: Re: B.a.t.m.a.n. X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:52:27 -0000 On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Ivan Voras wrote: > On 13 May 2012 06:46, Ivo Vachkov wrote: >> Please define "working"? Porting? Kernel-level implementation? BSD-licensed >> one? > > I'm just throwing the idea out, in case it catches the eye of someone > who's looking for an interesting project. In the ideal world, I'd say > BSD-licensed reimplementation, but I certainly won't get picky. > > It does have some documentation (e.g. > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wunderlich-openmesh-manet-routing-00 > , http://www.open-mesh.org/wiki/batman-adv/Doc-overview). > >> Are there any reasons to choose B.A.T.M.A.N. instead of bmx or babel? ... or >> OLSR? ... or HSLS? > > I've seen BATMAN work at a local Linux club meeting, and I was pretty > much impressed by how easy it is to setup. I don't know about the > other protocols you listed, but BATMAN is in the stock Linux kernel, > making it a practical choice. I might be wrong but it seems to me that > it, contrasted to 802.11s, requires no special support from the wifi > driver side, making it easier to implement. Other than that, no, I I think it a better version of the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR) which is an IP routing algoritm, 802.11s is link level routing, which needs a wifi driver that permits changing the mac address. But there is no standard for it I think. > know far too little about all of them to have a preference. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Monthadar Al Jaberi