[OLSR-users] Re: Setting up OLSR for a complicated environment

[Jon Smirl]

On 2/12/07, Ignacio García Pérez <(spam-protected)> wrote:
> Jon Smirl escribió:
> > Do my wireless mesh nodes have to be running in ad hoc mode? Note that
> > in my case they are in fixed locations.
> Yes you need adhoc mode.
> >
> > If the wireless mesh nodes are running in adhoc, how does a normal
> > laptop running in Infrastructure mode attach to the adhoc network?
> It has to run also in ad-hoc mode and run olsrd. Definitely not for the
> average joe user.
>
> A two radio setup would obviously solve the problem, but is more expensive.
>
> And a third option would be having a radio that can simultaneously run
> in ad-hoc and ap mode. Checkout the atheros based minipci radios. I'm
> sure (because I've successfully done it) you can setup a radio
> simultaneously as ap and client (in the same channel, of course). In
> fact, you can set it up as several virtual access points and one client.
> I haven't been able to setup ap and ad-hoc simultaneously though.

This is a good solution and we are investigating ways of achieving.
AFAIK atheros is the only current solution. I'm talking to the linux
ralink developers about getting this working on ralink hardware.

> > Could I run my mesh nodes in Master mode and then use OLSR to set up
> > WDS links between them?

WDS is a protocol for two APs to talk to each other but it also does
routing. I wonder if just the link portion of WDS could be used and
WDS' routing replaced with OLSR.

> >
> Mmm... don't know enough about WDS as to respond, but seem to recall
> that WDS was a really really dumb mechanism.
>
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