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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984524022-03042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I strongly believe that a decent, working implementation of
auto address assignment for OLSR will cause a revolution in the popularity of
mesh networking.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984524022-03042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Imagine a pure "black box" mesh node - you just power it up
and instantly you have a self-configured mesh node. Without needing any general
or specific knowledge about networking - the intelligence is all inside the
black box. Lack of knowledge and unwillingness to learn are at present barriers
to participation in a mesh network. If it was made super-easy then the
only barrier would be willingness to participate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984524022-03042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Revolutions in the uptake in technology have been caused
not by the invention of the technology, but by making the technology the most
user-friendly possible. I'd love to see a mesh network node that simply
has an on/off switch - making it a household appliance and easily understood by
the mainstream population.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Cheers,<BR><BR>Dan<BR><BR>-------------<BR>View my blog:<BR><A
href="http://freenetjazz.blogspot.com/">http://freenetjazz.blogspot.com</A>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> olsr-dev-bounces@olsr.org
[mailto:olsr-dev-bounces@olsr.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Pitu<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Tuesday, 4 April 2006 2:16 AM<BR><B>To:</B> OLSR
development<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [olsr-dev] auto ip address
assignment<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>2006/4/3, Jens Nachtigall <<A
href="mailto:nachtigall@web.de">nachtigall@web.de</A>>:</SPAN>
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We've thought that using any existing implementation could be a good
idea<BR>> (like PACMAN <<A
href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pacman-autoconf/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pacman-autoconf/</A>>).
<BR><BR>I had a look at PACMAN a year ago, it is not working with the
current olsrd<BR>release, also it only works on linux. But the ideas of
pacman as described in<BR>the paper, are quite good, if I remember right. So
if were you, i would read <BR>that paper and reimplement these ideas all
from scratch in a olsrd plugin.<BR>The algos in the paper are enough to get
it working, afaikr.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Yes, it's the path that we would follow. PACMAN works as a daemon
such that olsrd is not aware of his existence (as far as I'm concerned). The
idea was to turn this code into an olsrd plugin in order to work closely with
olsrd. <BR></DIV><BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Please
also note, that nobody uses the original olsr-rfc-protocol, but
rather<BR>the enhancements like etx. I think in the freifunk firmware, which
most<BR>meshes use, also the MPRs are switched off, i.e. every node behaves
linke an<BR>MPR. So the hierarchie is flat. This is because, the MPR idea
did not work <BR>out.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>I didn't know that... it sounds quite frustrating. MPR seemed to be a
good idea...<SPAN style="CURSOR: pointer"
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Good
luck on implementing. Rather get started, there are already so
many<BR>papers on meshes, but code is rare ;-)<BR><BR>All the
best,</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Pitu.<BR> </DIV><BR>
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