From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <4EC967CC.1040804@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:49:16 +0200 From: Panayot Daskalov MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Connecting non-batman nodes to a mesh network Reply-To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org Hi All, I want to ask for your advice about a batman problem I am facing. I have a mesh network of custom build embedded Linux devices. The devices have only network one interface and this is the Wi-Fi that is used by batman. So far the mesh is running OK, but at some point I need to be able to connect with a laptop (non-Linux) to the network and access some of the devices via its IP address. I tried simply connecting to the adhoc network and setting a static IP to my laptop. I have managed to do that, but I can't access the nodes from the mesh. I read the instruction for mixing with non-batman devices by bridging the bat0 interface with the "non-batman" interface, but as far as I understand that applies to systems with at least 2 network interfaces e.g one for batman nodes and one for the non-batman. So my question is - can I mix non-batman and batman nodes when I have only one network interface on the batman nodes? If yes, then how? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Panayot P.S I am using batman-adv 2011.2.0, because I can't cross compile the latest version against the kernel I use on the devices - 2.6.28. Also I don't use batctl.