From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Oosthoek Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] FLAME: external kernel module for L2.5 meshing Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 19:43:02 +0200 Message-ID: <447349A6.50105@fastmail.fm> References: <44731733.7000204@ti-wmc.nl> <20060523094324.11926fcc@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtpq3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl ([213.51.146.202]:20649 "EHLO smtpq3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932093AbWEWRms (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 May 2006 13:42:48 -0400 To: Stephen Hemminger In-Reply-To: <20060523094324.11926fcc@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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. > As far as the Ethernet protocol field. Getting a real assigned number > would have to come out of the IEEE 802. > > You would need > http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/ethertype/forms/index.html > > It is cheaper (free vs $2500) to get a LLC sap assigned, but then > you would have to change the protocol. > http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/llc/index.html Wow, thanks, $2500 is a bit steep for a useful experiment ;-) The free option could be interesting though... Cheers Simon