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commit c4701c26693645482111dcf78173962d2db2650f
Author: Martin Hundebøll <martin(a)hundeboll.net>
Date: Fri Dec 2 16:54:06 2011 +0000
doc: batman-adv/Using-batctl
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@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ A quick overview of the config options available with batctl:
h2. Using batctl for debugging
-batctl offers a great deal of tools for monitoring the state of your mesh node/network. For many of the features to be available, you must compile your kernel with debugfs (it usually is by default) and mount your debugfs:
+batctl offers a great deal of tools for monitoring the state of your mesh node/network:
+* Ping and traceroute nodes based on their MAC-addresses.
+* Parse logfiles to discover routing loops.
+* Retrieve live information from the batman-adv module.
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+To retrieve information, you must compile your kernel with debugfs (it usually is by default) and mount your debugfs:
<pre>
mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
</pre>
@@ -22,4 +27,4 @@ With debugfs mounted, you can use batctl to, among other, seeing the following:
* A list of other mesh nodes in the network (originators).
* Lists of none-mesh nodes connected to the network (clients or neighbors).
* A list of available gateways in the network.
-* Log messages from the batman-adv module (if debug
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+* Log messages from the batman-adv module (if debug is compiled into the module).
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