[OLSR-users] Help with OLSR Mesh

[Jaime Vargas]

Ong,

  if you are using cards with a txpower setting you could use
the lowest dBm value possible. This way you could see some
mesh routing happening thru intermediate nodes..

-- Jaime

On Jun 9, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Joe Bush wrote:

> You could use MAC filtering in order to allow communication only with
> certain nodes.
>
> Joe
>
>
> On 6/9/06, Ong Chin Kiat <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm currently attempting to set up an OLSR-based mesh network  
>> using 4 Linux
>> boxes. The OLSRd daemon is running fine, and the topology table as  
>> well as
>> the routing table looks ok. However, due to the fact that the 4  
>> nodes are
>> next to each other (in a lab environment), the transfer of data is  
>> through
>> direct connection, which actually negates the effects of OLSR on the
>> performance of the mesh.
>>
>> Hence, I would like to know if it is possible to force the data to go
>> through another node before reaching the destination. If so, how  
>> can I do
>> it? I have tried to add one more wireless interface on the  
>> destination, such
>> that ath0 has address 10.0.0.4 with route metric 30 and ath1 has  
>> address
>> 10.0.0.5 with route metric 10. But then the problem here is that  
>> if I send
>> data out to one IP address, then I am totally bypassing the route  
>> metric
>> system.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ong Chin Kiat
>>
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