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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:22:29 +0200
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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Linux bridge-code for something like BATMAN
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Hi,

> I know bridging is not routing but I was thinking since some time if it 
> is possible to modify the linux bridge-code for forwarding layer2 
> packets according to the rules of some routing algorithm. This means the 
> bridge would not learn mac addresses from ARP protocol any longer but 
> from a daemon. The result would be a layer2 mesh routing like BATMAN does.

if you want something like BATMAN why not simply using BATMAN ? Or you are 
trying to understand the difference between standard bridging and BATMAN ?

Regards,
Marek