From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jamal Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] FLAME: external kernel module for L2.5 meshing Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 14:43:08 -0400 Message-ID: <1148496189.5325.33.camel@jzny2> References: <44731733.7000204@ti-wmc.nl> <20060523094324.11926fcc@localhost.localdomain> <447349A6.50105@fastmail.fm> Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from mx03.cybersurf.com ([209.197.145.106]:34694 "EHLO mx03.cybersurf.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932470AbWEXSnK (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 May 2006 14:43:10 -0400 Received: from mail.cyberus.ca ([209.197.145.21]) by mx03.cybersurf.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FiyKB-0002d5-0E for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 14:43:15 -0400 To: Simon Oosthoek In-Reply-To: <447349A6.50105@fastmail.fm> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2006-23-05 at 19:43 +0200, Simon Oosthoek wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Tue, 23 May 2006 16:07:47 +0200 > > Herman Elfrink wrote: > > > >> > >> FLAME stands for "Forwarding Layer for Meshing" > >> > > > > Didn't you just reinvent 802.1d bridging? and/or WDS? > > I wouldn't say "reinvent", but the difference is small but significant. > FLAME could be seen as ad hoc WDS, I think. It doesn't need to know > about the other "base-stations", which I think WDS does. > Essentially you are extending the broadcast domain i.e a bridge within on top of a bridge. I would question the scalability of such a beast in the presence of many nodes. Also take a look at some of the work Radia Perlman (who invented bridging really) is up to these days. cheers, jamal