Ad-hoc Networking

[Luis Carlos Cobo]

On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 22:30 +0200, Aaron Kaplan wrote:
> On Apr 27, 2008, at 8:53 PM, Robert Withrow wrote:
> 
> > Aaron Kaplan wrote:
> >> there *are* open source layer 2 and layer 3 mesh software  
> >> solutions out there.
> >>
> >
> > Not to forget Open80211S.org (http://www.open80211s.org/).
> >
> 
> yup!
> 
> what is the current status on that actually?

It provides all the basic stuff (peer link establishment, HWMP), follows
latest 802.11s draft, and can be used with zd1211rw and b43 drivers. It
is also very easy to add support for other mac80211 drivers. 

The major missing pieces now are encryption and power management
(patches welcomed).

I would like to point out that this o11s started last summer/fall, so it
was not a possible choice for OLPC.

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Luis Carlos Cobo Rus       GnuPG ID: 44019B60
cozybit Inc.