[Olsr-users] Configuration file for DLEP when using Laptop WiFi Card as Radio

[Dhruva Shrivastava]

Hi, I am trying to measure the performance (mainly convergence time of
network) with dlep and without dlep. Still trying to figure out how to
perform that kind of measurement.

Best Regards,
Dhruva

On Nov 25, 2016 12:47, "Henning Rogge" <(spam-protected)> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am curious, what kind of performance you try to measure?
>
> I have yet to implement any Flow Control part of DLEP (which might be
> performance critical on fast radios). There is also the point that I tried
> to design the code with dependability in mind, not with performance.
>
> Henning
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Dhruva Shrivastava <(spam-protected)
> > wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I will try testing it using virtual machines.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Dhruv
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Dhruva Shrivastava <
>>> (spam-protected)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply. Actually I am doing some measurements to assess
>>>> the performance of DLEP.
>>>>
>>>> At present I am just using it with laptops. Is it possible to run the
>>>> dlep with these configuration? Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure my DLEP implementation will work well over loopback...
>>> multicast over loopback (DLEP needs multicast for discovery) is sometimes
>>> tricky.
>>>
>>> Maybe you could use two Linux network namespaces or two virtual machines
>>> and then just use the connecting interface as the dlep_radio datapath.
>>>
>>> Henning
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Dhruva
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Dhruva Shrivastava <
>>>>> (spam-protected)> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have two laptops configured as olsrd2 router and now I also want to
>>>>>> use the DLEP in these interface.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you please suggest the configuration I can use for the DLEP
>>>>>> Router and DLEP radio plugin? As in this case I have built in NIC which is
>>>>>> the radio. But in the wiki it's the configuration is for mesh point which
>>>>>> is connected through ethernet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should I use the loopback as the datapath?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [dlep_radio=wlan0]
>>>>>>         datapath_if          eth0
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [dlep_router=eth0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why do you even need DLEP if your NIC is built into the same computer
>>>>> as the routing software?
>>>>>
>>>>> Henning
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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