[Olsr-users] OLSR Across Multiple Channel Ad-hoc Networks?

[Duncan Eastoe]

I'm only interested in multiple wireless interfaces per node so
shouldn't be a problem?

Thanks,
Duncan

On 10 February 2014 21:16, Ben West <(spam-protected)> wrote:
> A possibly non-trivial, operational detail that may arise from testing OLSRd
> across multiple interfaces, i.e. wired + wireless interface(s), is that the
> popular OpenWRT firmware used by most community networks does not support
> directly bridging adhoc wireless interface with wired interfaces.  The
> recommended approach (I think) is to use the trelay package in OpenWRT to
> have the kernel basically forward packets b/w any such interfaces that don't
> otherwise support conventional bridging.  I believe by creating a named VLAN
> for the purpose.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>>
>> OLSRd easily works with multiple interfaces, being ethernet,
>> wifi-networks or any other broadcast capable interface.
>>
>> Using it in a multi-channel adhoc network is also common procedure in
>> lots of Community Networks.
>>
>> Henning Rogge
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Duncan Eastoe <(spam-protected)>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > For my undergraduate dissertation I am running tests on a mesh
>> > network. I have a network consisting of 6 nodes running OpenWrt. I
>> > wish for OLSR to manage the routing between them.
>> >
>> > All of the nodes are in range of each other, however I need to emulate
>> > an environment where the nodes communicate via directed antennas and
>> > where they are not in a full mesh. To do this I'm planning to use
>> > several ad-hoc networks running on different channels.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure whether OLSR is able to handle the routing across
>> > multiple ad-hoc networks, each of which is running on a different
>> > channel.
>> >
>> > Please could someone clarify this and/or point me to any resources for
>> > configuration in such an environment?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Duncan
>> >
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