* Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Meshlinux Download Link - Error 404
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@ 2012-03-16 15:52 ` Austin Williamson
2012-03-16 16:27 ` Elektra
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From: Austin Williamson @ 2012-03-16 15:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b.a.t.m.a.n
Hello all,
I was about to grab a copy of meshlinux for my community's project
when I ran straight into 404. I also checked web.archive.org, but no
copies were stored. If you happen to have a copy, let me know: I
really could use it.
Thanks,
Austin
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2012-03-16 15:52 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Meshlinux Download Link - Error 404 Austin Williamson
@ 2012-03-16 16:27 ` Elektra
2012-03-16 16:34 ` Marek Lindner
2012-03-16 17:35 ` Austin Williamson
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Elektra @ 2012-03-16 16:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
Cc: Austin Williamson
Hello Austin -
> I was about to grab a copy of meshlinux for my community's project
> when I ran straight into 404. I also checked web.archive.org, but no
> copies were stored. If you happen to have a copy, let me know: I
> really could use it.
I'm sorry, the project hasn't been updated in a long time. It is unlikely that I will take up development on it again. I'd recommend to use OpenWrt for X86.
Cheers,
Elektra
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* Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Meshlinux Download Link - Error 404
2012-03-16 16:27 ` Elektra
@ 2012-03-16 16:34 ` Marek Lindner
2012-03-16 17:51 ` Elektra
2012-03-16 17:35 ` Austin Williamson
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marek Lindner @ 2012-03-16 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b.a.t.m.a.n; +Cc: Austin Williamson
Elektra,
> > I was about to grab a copy of meshlinux for my community's project
> > when I ran straight into 404. I also checked web.archive.org, but no
> > copies were stored. If you happen to have a copy, let me know: I
> > really could use it.
>
> I'm sorry, the project hasn't been updated in a long time. It is unlikely
> that I will take up development on it again. I'd recommend to use OpenWrt
> for X86.
maybe you could update the wiki with that information ? It could help save
some time for the next person. :)
Cheers,
Marek
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* Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Meshlinux Download Link - Error 404
2012-03-16 16:34 ` Marek Lindner
@ 2012-03-16 17:51 ` Elektra
2012-03-16 18:18 ` Marek Lindner
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Elektra @ 2012-03-16 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b.a.t.m.a.n
Hi -
the wiki already stated quite clearly that this project is old, outdated and unmaintained. The only "new" development is that the link to http://zolder.scii.nl/~elektra is broken.
http://wiki.c-base.org/coredump/MeshLinux still works and has the ISO image.
The wiki now reads as follows:
MeshLinux
Meshlinux is outdated and really old. The project hasn't been updated in a long time. It is unlikely that anyone will take up development on it again. We recommend to use OpenWrt for X86 platform. The only purpose we can think of today is software archaeology or the use of very old legacy WiFi hardware.
Nothing is as outdated as old software. Meshlinux was created in the early days of mesh networking at the Freifunk community in 2004. It is a CD-Image that can be used to convert old PCs into wireless supernodes. There is a old Meshlinux version based on Linux (Kernel 2.4.26) available at (http://wiki.c-base.org/coredump/MeshLinux)
This old version is based on Slackware and not maintained anymore. However it works nicely with old Atmel USB wireless devices (which is a problem nowadays with recent kernels), Prism-based Chipsets and Orinoco. But you won't find any modern mesh routing protocol implementations in it. If you want to build a meshrouter with nothing better than a 486 CPU and this kind of old wireless devices because you have them lying around and want to do something useful with it, you may still use it and install a recent version of Layer 3 B.A.T.M.A.N. - you can download a statically compiled version from this server. You can not use Batman-advanced, since this would require a recent Linux kernel. Some userland mesh protocol daemons like OLSR might still work with it.
Sooner or later this information will be removed.
Cheers,
Elektra
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* Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Meshlinux Download Link - Error 404
2012-03-16 16:27 ` Elektra
2012-03-16 16:34 ` Marek Lindner
@ 2012-03-16 17:35 ` Austin Williamson
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Austin Williamson @ 2012-03-16 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b.a.t.m.a.n
Elektra <onelektra@...> writes:
>
> Hello Austin -
>
> > I was about to grab a copy of meshlinux for my community's project
> > when I ran straight into 404. I also checked web.archive.org, but no
> > copies were stored. If you happen to have a copy, let me know: I
> > really could use it.
>
> I'm sorry, the project hasn't been updated in a long time. It is unlikely
that I will take up development on it
> again. I'd recommend to use OpenWrt for X86.
>
> Cheers,
> Elektra
>
>
Sorry to hear that the project's dead. Do you know how difficult it would be to
spin a Debian remix similar to the now defunct meshlinux?ed
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