Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] mailing list migration (was: development flow)

2009-09-18 Thread Jacob Marble
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Jacob Marble wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Marek Lindner wrote: >> On Wednesday 09 September 2009 00:01:46 Andrew Lunn wrote: >>> The steps as i see it: >>> >>> 1) Make a decision about which list server to use. >> >> I think as soon as we havea short

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] mailing list migration (was: development flow)

2009-09-18 Thread Jacob Marble
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Marek Lindner wrote: > On Wednesday 09 September 2009 00:01:46 Andrew Lunn wrote: >> The steps as i see it: >> >> 1) Make a decision about which list server to use. > > I think as soon as we havea short list of options we can make the decision. At > the moment I se

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] IP from MAC

2009-09-18 Thread Gustavo Lindberg
2009/9/18 Simon Wunderlich > Hey, > > right, on batman-adv you can use a central DHCP server > or use decentralized link-local IP autoconfiguration tools as Sven > suggested. > In this scenario, as would resolve the situation of having several internet gw? L3 Batman announces gw nodes and the cl

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] IP from MAC

2009-09-18 Thread Simon Wunderlich
Hey, right, on batman-adv you can use a central DHCP server or use decentralized link-local IP autoconfiguration tools as Sven suggested. On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 06:42:18PM +1000, Lick A Prize wrote: > And for multi-hop networks, of the kind that BATMAN, OLSR, etc. are used > for? > > -

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] IP from MAC

2009-09-18 Thread Sven Eckelmann
> And for multi-hop networks, of the kind that BATMAN, OLSR, etc. are used > for? Why multihop? On batman-adv it is like sending to a switch and thus like a single hop for everything above batman-adv. And you asked for batman-adv first and not that layer 3 stuff. Best regards, Sven sig

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] IP from MAC

2009-09-18 Thread Lick A Prize
And for multi-hop networks, of the kind that BATMAN, OLSR, etc. are used for? -- From: "Sven Eckelmann" Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 6:19 PM To: "The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking" Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] IP fro

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] IP from MAC

2009-09-18 Thread Sven Eckelmann
> Batman-adv does indeed seem like the way forward. So, on top of batman-adv, > what solutions are there for IP address distribution? What might you try in > a situation where there is no obvious central coordinator to put a DHCP > server on? Just do a quick search for "ip autoconfiguration"/"addre

Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] IP from MAC

2009-09-18 Thread Lick A Prize
OK so IPs from MAC addresses is pretty good but not a perfect solution. This comment is interesting... However, as Marek already wrote, the focus of the batman development moves to layer 2 where IP addresses are not used. On top of batman-adv, you can use any IP address distribution scheme you