BATMAN-Advanced Setup

2012-01-23T16:10:42Z

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== Compile and install BATMAN-Advanced ==
Download batman-adv and batctl.
Standard "make && sudo make install".

If no interface "wlan0" exists, check for a different wireless interface using 'ifconfig -a'

== Setup ad-Hoc network ==
# Disable NetworkManager
## Right-click on NetworkManager applet, un-check "Enable networking".
## Fedora: <pre># /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop</pre>
## Ubuntu: <pre># stop network-manager</pre>
# Disable the firewall
## <pre># iptables -F</pre>
# <pre># ifconfig wlan0 down</pre>
# <pre># iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc essid hacdc-batman channel 8</pre>
# <pre># ifconfig wlan0 up</pre>

== Setup BATMAN-Advanced ==
In the unpacked 'batman-adv' directory:
# <pre># insmod batman-adv.ko</pre>
In the batctl directory:
# <pre># ./batctl if add wlan0</pre>
# <pre># ifconfig wlan0 mtu 1527</pre>
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# <pre># ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0</pre>
# <pre># ifconfig bat0 up</pre>
# give bat0 an IP address
##ifconfig w.x.y.z netmask a.b.c.d up
##dhcp
##dhcp6
##dhclient
##Avahi/zeroconf
##IPv6

== Testing BATMAN-Advanced ==
Display local table of known peers (by MAC address of node):
# batctl o

Ping by batX MAC address of nodes:
# batctl p uu:vv:ww:xx:yy:zz

Monitor traffic of batX interface:
# tcpdump -i bat0 -s 0 -v -X -n

Test connectivity between nodes:
# ping6 -p DEADBEEF -I bat0 (IPv4 address of host)
# ping6 -p DEADBEEF -I bat0 (IPv6 address of host)

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