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commit fca80fd2890e2e66916fb7fbc213abb686b607c9 Author: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org Date: Fri Jul 14 11:44:49 2017 +0200

doc: Remove literal blocks in Bandwidth_meter_technical

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org

fca80fd2890e2e66916fb7fbc213abb686b607c9 batman-adv/Bandwidth_meter_technical.rst | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/batman-adv/Bandwidth_meter_technical.rst b/batman-adv/Bandwidth_meter_technical.rst index 1478fcac..29b45ef9 100644 --- a/batman-adv/Bandwidth_meter_technical.rst +++ b/batman-adv/Bandwidth_meter_technical.rst @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ batman-adv module when receiving a particular message on the ICMP socket. Such socket is used for communications between batctl and batman-adv which so far were limited to ICMP Echo Requests/Replies.

-| To inctroduce the BW meter, a new particular ICMP packet has been - introduced: the **ICMP USER packet**. -| Such packet is used to send **commands** from batctl to batman-adv. +To inctroduce the BW meter, a new particular ICMP packet has been +introduced: the **ICMP USER packet**. +Such packet is used to send **commands** from batctl to batman-adv.

For the BW Meter there are two available commands:

@@ -46,19 +46,20 @@ For the BW Meter there are two available commands: node #. **bw_stop**: halt the selected BW measurement

-| The following picture depict the communication between batctl and - batman-adv. -| |image0| +The following picture depict the communication between batctl and +batman-adv. + +|image0|

The **bw_stop** command is used only when the user wants the test to be stopped before the predefined time elapses.

-| Once the test is finished, batman-adv will send back a particular - packet, namely the **ICMP BW RESULT**, containing the *time spent for - the test* and the *amount of bytes correctly acked by the receiver*. -| This information is then used by batctl to properly show the result to - the user. The results are sent back in both the cases (test stopped by - the user or test naturally ended because time is up). +Once the test is finished, batman-adv will send back a particular +packet, namely the **ICMP BW RESULT**, containing the *time spent for +the test* and the *amount of bytes correctly acked by the receiver*. +This information is then used by batctl to properly show the result to +the user. The results are sent back in both the cases (test stopped by +the user or test naturally ended because time is up).

The major difference between this ICMP operation and the old ones like PING or TRACEROUTE is that the packet sent by batctl is not directly