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From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
	<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Using BATMAN to create a repeater
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:28:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130130222847.GC11109@ritirata.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20130130T231956-461@post.gmane.org>

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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:25:27PM +0000, Rip route wrote:
> Antonio Quartulli <ordex@...> writes:
> 
> > 
> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 08:30:52PM +0000, Rip route wrote:
> > > All,
> > > I am trying to create a WiFi repeater using hardware that cannot accommodate 
> a 
> > > normal "bridged repeater" mode. Is it possible to create this type of 
> repeater 
> > > using BATMAN adv?
> > 
> > If I correctly got your question you may want to connect two nodes via 
> wireless,
> > then install batman-adv on top of the wifi interfaces ans consequently bridge
> > the bat0 with the ethernet interface:
> > 
> >      wlan0~~~~~~~wlan0
> >        .          .
> >       bat0       bat0
> >        .          .
> >       br0        br0
> >        .          .
> >      eth0        eth0
> >        |          |
> > ETH____/          \_______ETH
> > 
> > wlan0s can be two adhoc interfaces (common case for a mesh) or also an AP/sta
> > pair.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> 
> Thanks but I need to create a repeater where I can't load anything on the root 
> AP, I can only access the repeater.
> 
>  client1~~~~~wlan0~~~~~~~wlan0~~~~~~client2
>                |          
>         ETH____/          


I think this detail depends on how you decide to configure the bridging on the
root AP. batman-adv will simply provide you the connectivity between the wifi
devices and the "possibility" to create a bridge. Then it's up to you how to
configure it all.

Cheers,

-- 
Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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      reply	other threads:[~2013-01-30 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-30 20:30 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Using BATMAN to create a repeater Rip route
2013-01-30 22:03 ` Antonio Quartulli
2013-01-30 22:25   ` Rip route
2013-01-30 22:28     ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]

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