I was able to setup a mesh wifi network, but I did so with 802.11s, not BATMAN or OSLR. This does not require you to set the device in ad-hoc mode. It works out of the box on the BeagleBone Black Wireless with Debian 9.5 (Linux 4.14.71-ti-r80). I did the setup with the command line tool "iw". Additional details here: https://e2e.ti.com/support/processors/f/791/t/780010
On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 3:37:48 PM UTC-6, don_wrt wrote: > > Hello, > > I wonder that what happens when I try to reach to a node where it is in > non-line of sight position for me. I have to make some number of 'hops' > over nodes in my line of sight to reach to non-line of sight node for me. I > wonder that, if ad-hoc is not supported, can I reach to node where it is in > the non-line of sight position for me in a mesh - networking by using BBBW? > > Best Regards > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 11:09 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> To add a little bit of background to this; >> >> There are several posts on TI's e2e forum stating that ad-hoc mode is no >> longer supported. In TI's use cases ad-hoc was replaced by Wi-Fi Direct. >> http://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless-connectivity/wifi/f/968/t/367550 >> >> TI supported 802.11s meshing (http://open80211s.org/) in the last driver >> release family (R8.7) >> http://software-dl.ti.com/ecs/WiLink8/R8_7/exports/release_notes_R8_7.html >> I have used that in builds from the TI SDK in the past. >> >> However, in this post someone talks about getting the TI open80211s mesh >> working in a Debian based release >> http://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless-connectivity/wifi/f/968/t/635441 >> >> I'd never actually heard of BATMAN before these questions. A quick scan >> of the documentation suggested that it could also work using AP+STA or >> AP+AP modes which are standard modes for the Wilnk8. >> Iain >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 6:57:06 AM UTC, don_wrt wrote: >>> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I have read a post that is "Beaglebone Black Wireless's Wilink8 driver >>> does not support the *ad-hoc* mode mesh networking anymore". That is >>> true? I think that Beaglebone black wireless cannot do below things, if it >>> does not support the ad-hoc mode; >>> >>> *BBBW cannot find the "best path" for routing packets in a mesh network >>> over multiple hops? >>> *How can be determined the effective number of hop count, if ad-hoc is >>> not supported? >>> *BBBW cannot do self-forming of topology when some nodes fall the >>> non-line of sight position? (it cannot change topology dynamically) >>> >>> If above functions are able to perform with BATMAN or OLSR only, without >>> support of ad-hoc mode? >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d82614f9-8529-4b2c-8a34-387111b19397%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d82614f9-8529-4b2c-8a34-387111b19397%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/6e6701a4-76e5-4a2f-a9c3-7e6e537e4be4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
