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Using BATMAN to create a repeater

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All,
I am trying to create a WiFi repeater using hardware that cannot accommodate a normal "bridged repeater" mode. Is it possible to create this type of repeater using BATMAN adv?

Thanks
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All,
I am trying to create a WiFi repeater using hardware that cannot accommodate a normal "bridged repeater" mode. Is it possible to create this type of repeater using BATMAN adv?

If I correctly got your question you may want to connect two nodes via wireless, then install batman-adv on top of the wifi interfaces ans consequently bridge the bat0 with the ethernet interface:

     wlan0~~~~~~~wlan0
       .          .
      bat0       bat0
       .          .
      br0        br0
       .          .
     eth0        eth0
       |          |

ETH____/ \_______ETH

wlan0s can be two adhoc interfaces (common case for a mesh) or also an AP/sta pair.

Cheers,

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Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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#2 lore raw
Quoted 4 lines · Antonio Quartulli
Quoted 2 lines · Rip route

All,
I am trying to create a WiFi repeater using hardware that cannot accommodate

a

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normal "bridged repeater" mode. Is it possible to create this type of

repeater

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using BATMAN adv?

If I correctly got your question you may want to connect two nodes via

wireless,

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then install batman-adv on top of the wifi interfaces ans consequently bridge the bat0 with the ethernet interface:

     wlan0~~~~~~~wlan0
       .          .
      bat0       bat0
       .          .
      br0        br0
       .          .
     eth0        eth0
       |          |
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ETH____/ \_______ETH

wlan0s can be two adhoc interfaces (common case for a mesh) or also an AP/sta pair.

Cheers,

Thanks but I need to create a repeater where I can't load anything on the root AP, I can only access the repeater.

client1~~~~~wlan0~~~~~~~wlan0~~~~~~client2

               |          
        ETH____/
#3 lore raw
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Quoted 4 lines · Antonio Quartulli
Quoted 2 lines · Rip route

All,
I am trying to create a WiFi repeater using hardware that cannot accommodate

a

Quoted 1 line
Quoted 1 line

normal "bridged repeater" mode. Is it possible to create this type of

repeater

Quoted 3 lines
Quoted 1 line

using BATMAN adv?

If I correctly got your question you may want to connect two nodes via

wireless,

Quoted 11 lines

then install batman-adv on top of the wifi interfaces ans consequently bridge the bat0 with the ethernet interface:

     wlan0~~~~~~~wlan0
       .          .
      bat0       bat0
       .          .
      br0        br0
       .          .
     eth0        eth0
       |          |
Quoted 7 lines

ETH____/ \_______ETH

wlan0s can be two adhoc interfaces (common case for a mesh) or also an AP/sta pair.

Cheers,

Quoted 6 lines

Thanks but I need to create a repeater where I can't load anything on the root AP, I can only access the repeater.

client1~~~~~wlan0~~~~~~~wlan0~~~~~~client2

               |          
        ETH____/

I think this detail depends on how you decide to configure the bridging on the root AP. batman-adv will simply provide you the connectivity between the wifi devices and the "possibility" to create a bridge. Then it's up to you how to configure it all.

Cheers,

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Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara