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From: Herman Elfrink <herman.elfrink@ti-wmc.nl>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] FLAME: external kernel module for L2.5 meshing
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:01:51 +0200
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Stephen Hemminger wrote:

>Didn't you just reinvent 802.1d bridging? and/or WDS?
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Hi Stephen,

Yes, more or less, but with a twist.
802.1D does not allow retransmitting over the same interface  (which is 
what basically happens in mesh networks), and WDS uses static 
configuration of neighbouring hops (we want to support dynamically 
changing configurations).

Regards,

Herman.