[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Using BATMAN to create a repeater

[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Using BATMAN to create a repeater

[Rip route]

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?

Thanks
Rip

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Using BATMAN to create a repeater

[Antonio Quartulli]

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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,

-- 
Antonio Quartulli

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

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Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Using BATMAN to create a repeater

[Rip route]

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____/          

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Using BATMAN to create a repeater

[Antonio Quartulli]

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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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