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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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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