From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 25 08:36:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 362221065673; Mon, 25 May 2009 08:36:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivo.vachkov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f165.google.com (mail-bw0-f165.google.com [209.85.218.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 857588FC13; Mon, 25 May 2009 08:36:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivo.vachkov@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so3018021bwz.43 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 01:36:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=z1PiWJZLDszxCSirANcAR8GLoXsp/f9JBzK7UaEMNMw=; b=Xa2oq2EMmRpXYUhggMBtTiNcMupMKKpubg8f5emb6B6IxnkeUl7cV7Av5zjXeNdihB nIZPWlpb+EhRM3ttx7gDco4RAFg74zdMqL3/JXQ6fZbRGuwW5ndq3ePALkenA9kcaCS3 NYoGffDXfSKiAI1RXw5sW1uSPTlGLWVEWGepk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=fpJBXONEC3kOXgD2wZXmCmyAqHUUdpz64HQEUt7kvXfaiN84SI/QweIVX5fT8FlX+H P2ztECQ/NLZOy9o4Hop7wvPSyW4r1usMe/vMXtWQMfGftH/XOl9TmS34CHb+VwwqNmBA 0L+RY3vNuTnkGRZJOIPltVGPMw4S0VaonV8Do= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.160.67 with SMTP id b3mr446786hbd.23.1243238891344; Mon, 25 May 2009 01:08:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Ivo Vachkov Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 11:07:51 +0300 Message-ID: To: Rui Paulo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless mesh networking X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:36:37 -0000 Hello, Great project! But could you please elaborate on technologies being used in it? Thank you very much in advance. On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Rui Paulo wrote: > Hi, > If anyone is interested in testing out wireless mesh networking under > FreeBSD, the project has now reached a point where you can transfer > packets between mesh nodes. > I try to keep the branch in sync with head (sometimes more than) > weekly. The branch is located at the FreeBSD svn repo and everyone can > fetch it: > > $ svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/projects/mesh11s/ > > To actually try out mesh networking you need ath(4) because ral(4) has > problems right now. > > After building and installing a new world and kernel, you need to do this: > # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode mesh channel 1 meshid mymesh > # ifconfig wlan0 inet w.x.y.z/q up > > Channel discovery for mesh networks is not yet implemented, hence you > need to manually specify the channel on which the mesh is running (all > nodes must be on the same channel and same meshid, just like regular > AP operation). > > If you can't ping other mesh node, try putting one ath(4) interface in > promisc mode (I'm still investigating this problem). > > This project is being sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation > (http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/). > > Thanks, > -- > Rui Paulo > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." Dennis Ritchie