Hello all, On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Monthadar Al Jaberi <montha...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Ivan Voras <ivo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 13 May 2012 06:46, Ivo Vachkov <ivo.vach...@gmail.com> 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). > Since it's not standardized, isn't it more logical to proceed with either user-space implementation or kernel implementation of something that has RFC assigned to the name (just asking, no troll/flame here)? Other than that I have some experience with BMX, Babel and OLSR. Also, i'm personally not convinced that kernel level implementation is the most appropriate choice for routing protocol (still i may be wrong). > >> 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 > As mentioned already 802.11s is link-layer technology (that from our experiments and research seems to be limited to some 30 devices), in contrast those are network layer (L3) protocols that operate on top of IP. > > 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. OLSR: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3626.txt > > 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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Monthadar Al Jaberi > -- Ivo Vachkov _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
