[Olsr-dev] OLSR Plugin in multiple interfces

[Markus Kittenberger]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Pete G <(spam-protected)> wrote:

> i will give you an example:
> Actually i want to integrate an overlay network over OLSR (for example a
> private p2p file sharing protocol) implemented
> as a plugin. I would like to manage two seperate networks and sharing files
> with two different network with different users. I don't like the plugin
> send the same information to two networks (probably with different users).
> An alternative would be to manage all and seperate networks inside the
> plugin. but can i do it just with olsr configuration and settings?
>

its your plugin, so you code how its reacts on the params it gets, ..

so it should be no problem

you could use params like this

plugin p2p {
  PlParam "eth0.active" "yes"
  PlParam "eth0.timeout" "10"
  PlParam "tap0.active" "false"
}

regards MArkus


>
> Best regards,
> Pete
>
> 2009/10/15 Markus Kittenberger <(spam-protected)>
>
>> the olsrd core itself has interface specifi settings,..
>>
>> if the plugin "wants" to provide such feature, it could have some special
>> interface-specific parameters, but only within his own plugin section of the
>> config file not within the interface section
>>
>> but which plugin do you want with interface specific settings?
>>
>> reagrds Markus
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Pete G <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everybody,
>>> I would like to know if it is possible to run an OLSR Plugin in multiple
>>> interfces?
>>> I mean if we have a host with multiple virtual interfaces (TAP device)
>>> running OLSR, is it possible to run an OLSR Plugin in multiple interfaces
>>> independently with the same functionnality but with heterogenous parameters?
>>> As an example it could be parallel virtual networks.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Pete
>>>
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