Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 11:07:51 +0300 From: Ivo Vachkov <ivo.vachkov@gmail.com> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless mesh networking Message-ID: <f85d6aa70905250107k56449b7ey81baa65b0d19b168@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e1309ba60905240451x1effff08w3873d37dcc95dbfd@mail.gmail.com> References: <e1309ba60905240451x1effff08w3873d37dcc95dbfd@mail.gmail.com>
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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 <rpaulo@freebsd.org> 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
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