[Battlemesh] WBMv6 - Hardware / Sponsoring

[L. Aaron Kaplan]

Hi Simon and Pau,


On Oct 28, 2012, at 10:16 PM, Pau wrote:

> Confine testbed is spread among three community networks. There will be one
> (or more) servers which will launch the experiments previously prepared by
> the researchers.
> I don't know which is the exact idea of Aaron (he will clarify it). But I
> think Confine project can provide some devices (probably Alix boards) for
> the testbeds, as far I know it should not be a problem.
ok, I did not have this in mind - but why not :)

> We can also join the Confine testbed with the WBM testbed through VPN link.
> If there is an OpenWRT image ready, it is very easy to deploy by the
> Confine testbed (just a few commands).
> 
That's exactly what I had in mind!

The benefit for CONFINE would be that the WBM test-drives our federated CONFINE testbeds and our server deployment software
and the benefit for WBM would be to have a larger real-world testbed with better hardware than Foneras and Linksyses.
In fact, since the openwrt image that Pau mentioned has LXC and thus some sort of virtualization, we can run multiple routing protocols and tests in parallel (to some extent).

win-win.

> Another point would be to used Confine firmware for the WBM devices. It is
> and OpenWRT with LXC support and a set of scripts to easy create containers
> with an existing image.
And that seems like another good idea :) - but I did not have this in mind :)



> You can find some info about how the system works from the command shell
> [2]. But right now is a little messy, we are working on this web interface
> controller to make it easy.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> [1] http://redmine.confine-project.eu
> [2] http://wiki.confine-project.eu/soft:node-system-a-hack
> --
> ./p4u


Aaron.