Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] 0.3.1 rv1152 - some test results

["Chris W." <chris-wy@web.de>]

Hello Marek,

Marek Lindner schrieb:
> On Saturday 29 November 2008 06:31:25 Chris W. wrote:
>>> I don't know of precompiled packages, maybe someone else does? :)
>> well, I'll find a place ;-)
> 
> Offering kernel module packages is rather cumbersome as the kernel modules has 
> to match the given kernel _exactly_. I'm not sure how far this goes (some 
> tests would be needed) but I'm sure you would need the same sources (including 
> all patches, same compiler, may be even binary compability?).
> 
You're right, modules are an individual thing. I rather hoped for a hint
to a  backported openwrt-0.9 makefile ;-).

> 
> Batman has an internal blackhole detection. The olsr dyn_gw is a hack (its 
> just pinging the outside world which works in many cases) - batman has this 
> functionality inside. As every traffic flows through the batman tunnel (forth and 
> back) batman can "observe" the traffic and detect blackholes (nodes announcing 
> internet without a connection) much better. As soon as you generate traffic 
> batman will switch the gateway.
>
It is working as you described, here it takes about one minute to switch
to an active gateway.


greetings,
Christian