From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 21:01:30 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 3311C106564A for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 21:01:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f164.google.com (mail-ew0-f164.google.com [209.85.219.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCF18FC1D for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 21:01:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so610551ewy.43 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 14:01:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-pgp-agent:x-mailer; bh=1o7BS4e3y1MfiB77v0SBetHPo0BpHLlRVVTJ2uQBKNw=; b=il6WLlXiYvHMISgDH1P46siwoJVcaOd7Xb+Y4nzYg+GpYjgT0+L5Y0/+nwSC7JFw0N Ttb+G+kW58aRe2RJgH+84S42pZsrHha6YPK37lOKDtpJk2QTenoOAHkSyJ/uJgvPv324 /8olSrmqdOIz4idsWGdbwpogV1EA/QAJ4f1FE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-pgp-agent:x-mailer; b=De1NV8Bme4PhAjR5Een8Zb17a0M290CUydRK88EaNrVgW+TMGfOj2QJrUxQjHvujad Q0WzBrmJ+KpQH4AQrjUrrQ65Rsgot2WJRgBOGLZFl3ayBfJPuQqolm7kdoZSlng00Xz3 4xXYoxfOdGw+D4DbWajX19aL0HaFbCUjWuEgg= Received: by 10.210.28.18 with SMTP id b18mr751200ebb.64.1243371688594; Tue, 26 May 2009 14:01:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from epsilon.lan (bl5-226-147.dsl.telepac.pt [82.154.226.147]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm4911223eyx.23.2009.05.26.14.01.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 26 May 2009 14:01:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Rui Paulo Message-Id: <0B02BE09-36C5-4899-8DEC-1C78A269A04B@freebsd.org> From: Rui Paulo To: Ian Smith In-Reply-To: <20090526192342.P55023@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-1-923992071" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 22:01:20 +0100 References: <20090526192342.P55023@sola.nimnet.asn.au> X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.2.0 (v56) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) 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: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:01:30 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-1-923992071 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 26 May 2009, at 11:06, Ian Smith wrote: > On Sun, 24 May 2009, 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. > > Always a good point to celebrate :) > >> 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/ > > Not that I could run it now or even soon, but I'm interested in > having a > look at the code, mostly to try figuring out the scope of what layers > this is working at, and noting that this is my first ever attempted > use > of svn (and if it matters, on a 5.5-S box): > > sola% mkdir 802.11s > sola% cd 802.11s/ > sola% svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/projects/mesh11s/ > svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/viewvc/base/projects/mesh11s' > svn: PROPFIND of '/viewvc/base/projects/mesh11s': 301 Moved (http://svn.freebsd.org > ) > > Where to from here? Might there be an old-fashioned tarball? Sorry, what Brooks said. > >> 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). > > Not more like regular ad-hoc operation? Yes, it's more like ad-hoc, but I was just illustrating a point for those that are more familiar with hostap networks having several nodes. > Pardon my ignorance. I've followed your later wikipedia links and > many > others from there, but still haven't got much of an overview. I'm a > little familiar with how OLSR works, and got some meaty clues reading > about the OLPC XO-1 use of their subset of 11s, but that's it so far. Well, you can try google for more information. The links I emailed were accessible to almost everyone. If you have a PowerPoint file reader, you will find much more information related to 802.11s on the web. Regards, -- Rui Paulo --Apple-Mail-1-923992071 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkocWKAACgkQfD8M/ASTygKTxACfQHc2ThTcGrwXavjzKgHV82HX YxwAniIdIGJoTQFlucL0gMfi2dMM3mpe =LnSL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-1-923992071--