From: fboehm <fboehm@aon.at>
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.] Linux bridge-code for something like BATMAN
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:28:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DF907DB.2070802@aon.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201106152122.30123.lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Am 2011-06-15 21:22, schrieb Marek Lindner:
> 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
>
unfortunately I am stuck with an older kernel where I can't use BATMAN.
And everytime I am dealing with linux bridge configuration this idea
comes into my mind.
At the moment it's just an idea but before starting some experiments I
would like to get some feedback.
Regards,
Franz
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-15 19:05 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Linux bridge-code for something like BATMAN fboehm
2011-06-15 19:22 ` Marek Lindner
2011-06-15 19:28 ` fboehm [this message]
2011-06-15 20:23 ` Marek Lindner
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