Hello, Valent, good to hear from you again. > Between 2015 and 2018 I ran the MeshPoint project – a simple, rugged > Wi-Fi hotspot designed to work in the toughest conditions.
I remember :-) > Unfortunately, financial issues forced me to pause the project after 2018 In addition to the issues you mention, the big change since the early 2000s is the wide availability of cheap cellular connectivity. Hence, the demand for mesh networks has changed quite a bit. > I know that in active conflict zones Wi-Fi can be jammed The nice thing about having a layer 3 routing protocol is that you can combine technologies: Babel is designed to handle a network that has both wired and wireless links, and that uses multiple wireless technologies at the same time (WiFi at various frequencies, UWB, infrared laser, etc.). In such a network, Babel should be able to find a path consisting of whichever links are not jammed at a given time. Of course, this assumes that the opponent is not able to jam all links simultaneously. > - BATMAN-adv-style seamless mobility I started working on sroamd[1], which implements seamless mobility at layer 3, but then Covid happened, and I got interested in videoconferencing. I guess we could revive it if there's interest. [1]: https://github.com/jech/sroamd > - Better large-scale behaviour for hundreds-to-thousands of nodes in > sparse or battery-constrained setups Could you please clarify? -- Juliusz _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
