[B.A.T.M.A.N.] RE: Multiple wireless interfaces

[Predrag Balorda <predrag.balorda@gmail.com>]

Has anyone thought about this "problem" recently?

To simplify - 3 routers, 2 adapters each, how do we establish duplex links
between each of those by using batman alone?

Or, 3 routers, 2 adapters each, how do we establish simplex links between each
of those such that one adapter links "upstream" and one "downstream" using
batman alone?


> Another thing - think of this as quasi-asynchronous links, i.e. B can talk
> to A on both interfaces (call them int1 and int2), but only chooses int1,
> and A does the opposite, chooses the other (int2) to talk back to B.
> If B has to talk to both A and C at the same time and can see A and C on
> both int1 and int2 then it will choose int1 to talk to A and int2 to talk
> to C.
> 
> Maybe it makes sense now....
> 
> P.S. or maybe I'm just missing something
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Predrag Balorda [mailto:pele@balorda.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:42 PM
> > To: 'The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking'
> > Subject: Multiple wireless interfaces
> >
> > Ok. Here is something batman doesn't provision for - dual-interface setup
> > where you want to create a duplex link (tx on one and rx on another).
> > Duplex link to one other node is simple (and has to be done manually),
> but
> > how would we go about creating a duplex link to 2 or more nodes? Or one
> > simplex link to downstream node and one simplex link to upstream node?
> > Example:
> >
> > A = B   C duplex link (for example I need to talk from B to A fast and I
> > use both interfaces to talk to A)
> > A - B - C simplex links (I use one interface to talk to A and one to talk
> > to B)
> > A = B/B = C duplex links for all links (I talk to both A and C duplex,
> but
> > not at the same time of course)
> >
> > How do we do this with batman easily and dynamically (without having to
> > manually mess around with routing tables etc)?