Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] how well does batman-adv scale

[fuumind <fuumind@openmailbox.org>]

Hi Jens! 

By 'sufficient power', do you mean processing power to handle overhead
traffic? I'm imagining a network which primarily connects WLANs.

Clouds of batman-adv networks sounds like a good idea. Any idea about
how to implement the interfaces between these clouds? How big should
they be allowed to grow before forming a new cloud?

fuumind


ons 2017-04-26 klockan 17:10 +0200 skrev jens:
> i think this could scale , but you will need sufficient power /
> ethernet
> capacities at the nodes.
> 
> and the biggest problem may be that these endpoints make much noise
> on
> the layer2 level.
> (disovery protocolls and stuff like this)
> 
> you could easily imagine what would happen if you have a layer2
> switch
> with 100000 ports.
> 
> i think that most of the time you will not do this, and implement
> some
> sort of routing between some clouds of batman-adv networks.
> 
> 
> 
> On 26.04.2017 16:20, fuumind wrote:
> > 
> > Hi list!
> > 
> > Been lurking for almost a year on the battlemesh list and recently
> > joined here as well. 
> > 
> > I'm curious about how well batman-adv scales. Would a network of 10
> > 000
> > nodes work well? What about 100 000 nodes or 1 000 000?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > fuumind
> >