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commit c3b222ec69ecd87a90a80f6013d5aff6b2ca1eef Author: Denis Carikli GNUtoo@no-log.org Date: Fri Nov 18 19:48:57 2011 +0000
doc: open-mesh/NetworkingTechnologies: first part
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diff --git a/open-mesh/NetworkingTechnologies.textile b/open-mesh/NetworkingTechnologies.textile new file mode 100644 index 00000000..91effb46 --- /dev/null +++ b/open-mesh/NetworkingTechnologies.textile @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +h1. Networking Technologies +h2. Introduction. +Batmand and batman advanced rely on underlining network transport technologies like WIFI for instance. +This page explains the interaction between them and batmand or batmand-adv. + +h2. Batmand and IBSS +IBSS(also known as ad-hoc) permit the connection of more than two devices together in a big IBSS network. +Let's say you have 3 devices A,B and C connected that way: A<->B<->C with: +* C being out of the range of A +* A and B being in range +* B and C being in range +* A,B,C having the same SSID(it's called BSSID in IBSS networks) +Batmand will simply route the packets from A to C +