[Battlemesh] Using 11s as link layer

[Pau]

This is getting more and more interesting :)
A first search on the web does not give me any comparison between 11s/adhoc, maybe we should publish something.

> Exactly... you can also put this into the OpenWRT wireless config.

Could you provide the option name for doing this from /etc/config/wireless, it is gonna make things easier for me.

Cheers.
On 09/09/14 17:59, Henning Rogge wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Pau <pau at dabax.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> > Recently someone told me it was possible to use 802.11s without the
> > routing layer, thus as a link layer protocol such as ADHOC or
> > Infrastructure.
>
> I advertised the idea on the battlemesh.
>
> > It can be done by setting the parameter mesh forwarding to 0 as follows:
> >
> > iw mesh0 set mesh_param mesh_fwding=0
>
> Exactly... you can also put this into the OpenWRT wireless config.
>
> > Did someone make some research on that? Is it worth to use 11s as a link
> > layer protocol and then run a layer 3 routing protocol (such as OLSR or
> > bmx6) on top of it?
>
> I have yet to test this (should work without problem) because I was
> busy with a kernel patch for 802.11s
>
> > I would like to see a comparison between ADHOC and 11s as link layers in
> > a MANET.
> >
> > IMO, some advantages of using 11s are:
> >
> > 1. Better support for some drivers
> > 2. It is possible to create multiple 11s VAP in a single WiFi radio (up
> > to 8)
>
> 3. you can bridge it to another interface if necessary.
> 4. it does NOT try to synchronize the TSF counter of your wifi card.
>
> Henning Rogge
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