[Olsr-users] Testing DLEP plugin without WiFi

[Anderson Huang]

Would it be possible to test the DLEP radio and router plugins without
wireless adapters, and instead by using the Layer 2 Generator plugin?

Regards,

Anderson Huang

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Anderson Huang <
(spam-protected)> wrote:

> Thank you for the speedy reply. Regarding 802.11s, I do not have OpenWRT,
> but am still trying to follow your recommendation. One of my nodes can
> correctly create a mesh point using the iw command. However, none of my
> other computers can. Is it feasible to use open80211s as documented in some
> repositories on Github? Otherwise, I am unable to create a mesh point. This
> is the command resulting error I am receiving.
>
> iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh type mp
> command failed: Operation not supported (-95)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Anderson Huang
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Anderson Huang <
>> (spam-protected)> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am relatively new to DLEP and am currently trying to test the plugin
>>> across a 4-node network. This is roughly what the network looks like.
>>>
>>> Router 1 --(ethernet adapter)-- Radio 1 ---- (wifi & ethernet adapter)
>>> ---- Radio 2 ----(ethernet adapter) ---- Router 2
>>>
>>
>> Except for the ethernet between the Radios this is exactly as a DLEP
>> based radio connection should look like.
>>
>>>
>>> Router 1 and Router 2 manage to see each other in their respective
>>> routing tables, but I think this is a result of my bridging of the ethernet
>>> interfaces on both radios. I have also tried testing with both radio 1 and
>>> radio 2 running over ad-hoc mode; however, in this set-up I am unable to
>>> bridge as I believe IEEE forbids bridging wifi to ethernet interfaces when
>>> wifi is set to ad-hoc.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, Adhoc mode cannot bridge, it doesn't have enough MAC addresses.
>>
>> Try to use 802.11s (and disable forwarding).
>> (see http://www.olsr.org/mediawiki/index.php/DLEP#DLEP-radio
>> _on_an_embedded_router_with_OpenWRT )
>>
>>
>>> As for the commands I am using,
>>>
>>> For routers 1 and 2, I am running
>>>
>>> ./olsrd2_dlep_static <ethernet interface> lo --load=<router config file>
>>>
>>> For radios 1 and 2, I am running
>>>
>>> ./dlep_radio_static --load=<radio config file>
>>>
>>> Let me know if my setup is wrong or if I am running the wrong binaries.
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> Looks okay.
>>
>> Henning
>>
>
>
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