Hello Luca,

if you want to subnet as described you need to use a L3 protocol. I
would suggest OLSR.

if you want to use batman-adv just pick a big subnet and start to give
the IP to your hosts. The all network is a big L2 switch

Saverio


2012/8/3 Luca Pretto <luca.pre...@gmail.com>:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm going to start a small mesh (13 nodes, initially) covering my city and 
> linking some friends of mine.
> At the moment the equipment (Ubiquiti RocketM - NanoBridge 5GHz) is already 
> deployed (has been working good for a year or so), structured as AP-STA in 
> one large LAN domain (with one central dhcp/firewall/gateway serving the 
> whole 192.168.9.0/24 subnet).
>
> I would like to migrate the topology to a routed network, where the wireless 
> mesh nodes have IPs allocated inside 10.9.0.0/16, and below each one of these 
> nodes there will be a local LAN with reserved subnet.
> Some of the networks already have internet connectivity, that will be shared 
> through the mesh to whom needs it [*].
>
> 10.9.11.1 <----> 192.168.11.0/24 --> 192.168.11.1 (internet gateway)
>    ||
>    ||
> 10.9.12.1 <----> 192.168.12.0/24
>    ||
>    ||
> 10.9.13.1 <----> 192.168.13.0/24 --> 192.168.13.1 (internet gateway)
>    ||
>    ||
> 10.9.14.1 <----> 192.168.14.0/24
>    ||
>    ||
> 10.9.xx.1 <----> 192.168.xx.0/24
>
> Batman-adv will take care of the "routing" inside the wireless mesh (links 
> described as " || " in the diagram), since I like the L2 transparency.
> Anyway, I need that any host on the 192.168.xx.0/24 subnets will be able to 
> talk to each other.
>
> I know that IS-IS works outside IP protocol, so that would be the perfect 
> companion for L2 batman-adv path finding, and will allow me in the future to 
> easily activate IPv6.
> How can this be done with quagga-isisd? Could it be the right solution?
> Is there any config file available for UCI?
>
> I also plan to change the operating mode to adhoc, to better serve some 
> areas, hoping that performances don't suffer too much.
> So, in your opinion, would be better to stay on BackFire ath9k Open IBSS or 
> is the Attitude Adjustment ath9k RSN IBSS (PtMP) convenient/stable enough?
>
> Many many thanks in advance for your time.
>
> Sincerely,
> Luca
>
>
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