Difference between revisions of "Mesh/BATMAN-adv"

The [http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki batman-adv] is an implementation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N. BATMAN routing protocol]. The protocol is configured with a file, but these settings can be changed with [http://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/manpages/batctl.8.html batctl]. The advantage of routing using batman-adv, rather than [https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns cjdns], is its a layer two protocol, which can send all types of layers three packets (udp, tcp/ip, etc). The protocol "forwards all traffic until it reaches the destination, hence emulating a virtual network switch of all nodes participating. Therefore all nodes appear to be link local and are unaware of the network's topology as well as unaffected by any network changes.<ref>[http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Wiki BATMAN advanced overview]</ref>"

These are the main functions that change the configuration or adds a monitor: