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-BATMAN-ADV
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-Batman advanced is a new approach to wireless networking which
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-does no longer operate on the IP basis. Unlike the batman daemon,
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-which exchanges information using UDP packets and sets routing
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-tables, batman-advanced operates on ISO/OSI Layer 2 only and uses
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-and routes (or better: bridges) Ethernet Frames. It emulates a
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-virtual network switch of all nodes participating. Therefore all
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-nodes appear to be link local, thus all higher operating proto-
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-cols won't be affected by any changes within the network. You can
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-run almost any protocol above batman advanced, prominent examples
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-are: IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, IPX.
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-Batman advanced was implemented as a Linux kernel driver to re-
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-duce the overhead to a minimum. It does not depend on any (other)
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-network driver, and can be used on wifi as well as ethernet lan,
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-vpn, etc ... (anything with ethernet-style layer 2).
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-CONFIGURATION
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-Load the batman-adv module into your kernel:
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-# insmod batman-adv.ko
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-The module is now waiting for activation. You must add some in-
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-terfaces on which batman can operate. After loading the module
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-batman advanced will scan your systems interfaces to search for
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-compatible interfaces. Once found, it will create subfolders in
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-the /sys directories of each supported interface, e.g.
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-# ls /sys/class/net/eth0/batman_adv/
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-# elp_interval iface_status mesh_iface throughput_override
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-If an interface does not have the "batman_adv" subfolder it prob-
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-ably is not supported. Not supported interfaces are: loopback,
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-non-ethernet and batman's own interfaces.
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-Note: After the module was loaded it will continuously watch for
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-new interfaces to verify the compatibility. There is no need to
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-reload the module if you plug your USB wifi adapter into your ma-
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-chine after batman advanced was initially loaded.
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-The batman-adv soft-interface can be created using the iproute2
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-tool "ip"
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-# ip link add name bat0 type batadv
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-To activate a given interface simply attach it to the "bat0"
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-interface
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-# ip link set dev eth0 master bat0
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-Repeat this step for all interfaces you wish to add. Now batman
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-starts using/broadcasting on this/these interface(s).
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-By reading the "iface_status" file you can check its status:
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-# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/batman_adv/iface_status
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-# active
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-To deactivate an interface you have to detach it from the
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-"bat0" interface:
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-# ip link set dev eth0 nomaster
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-All mesh wide settings can be found in batman's own interface
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-folder:
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-# ls /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/
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-# aggregated_ogms fragmentation isolation_mark routing_algo
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-# ap_isolation gw_bandwidth log_level vlan0
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-# bonding gw_mode multicast_mode
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-# bridge_loop_avoidance gw_sel_class network_coding
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-# distributed_arp_table hop_penalty orig_interval
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-There is a special folder for debugging information:
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-# ls /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/
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-# bla_backbone_table log neighbors transtable_local
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-# bla_claim_table mcast_flags originators
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-# dat_cache nc socket
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-# gateways nc_nodes transtable_global
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-Some of the files contain all sort of status information regard-
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-ing the mesh network. For example, you can view the table of
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-originators (mesh participants) with:
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-# cat /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/originators
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-Other files allow to change batman's behaviour to better fit your
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-requirements. For instance, you can check the current originator
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-interval (value in milliseconds which determines how often batman
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-sends its broadcast packets):
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-# cat /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/orig_interval
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-# 1000
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-and also change its value:
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-# echo 3000 > /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/orig_interval
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-In very mobile scenarios, you might want to adjust the originator
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-interval to a lower value. This will make the mesh more respon-
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-sive to topology changes, but will also increase the overhead.
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-USAGE
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-To make use of your newly created mesh, batman advanced provides
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-a new interface "bat0" which you should use from this point on.
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-All interfaces added to batman advanced are not relevant any
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-longer because batman handles them for you. Basically, one "hands
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-over" the data by using the batman interface and batman will make
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-sure it reaches its destination.
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-The "bat0" interface can be used like any other regular inter-
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-face. It needs an IP address which can be either statically con-
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-figured or dynamically (by using DHCP or similar services):
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-# NodeA: ip link set up dev bat0
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-# NodeA: ip addr add 192.168.0.1/24 dev bat0
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-# NodeB: ip link set up dev bat0
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-# NodeB: ip addr add 192.168.0.2/24 dev bat0
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-# NodeB: ping 192.168.0.1
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-Note: In order to avoid problems remove all IP addresses previ-
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-ously assigned to interfaces now used by batman advanced, e.g.
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-# ip addr flush dev eth0
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-LOGGING/DEBUGGING
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------------------
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-All error messages, warnings and information messages are sent to
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-the kernel log. Depending on your operating system distribution
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-this can be read in one of a number of ways. Try using the com-
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-mands: dmesg, logread, or looking in the files /var/log/kern.log
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-or /var/log/syslog. All batman-adv messages are prefixed with
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-"batman-adv:" So to see just these messages try
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-# dmesg | grep batman-adv
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-When investigating problems with your mesh network it is some-
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-times necessary to see more detail debug messages. This must be
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-enabled when compiling the batman-adv module. When building bat-
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-man-adv as part of kernel, use "make menuconfig" and enable the
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-option "B.A.T.M.A.N. debugging".
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-Those additional debug messages can be accessed using a special
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-file in debugfs
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-# cat /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/log
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-The additional debug output is by default disabled. It can be en-
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-abled during run time. Following log_levels are defined:
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- 0 - All debug output disabled
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- 1 - Enable messages related to routing / flooding / broadcasting
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- 2 - Enable messages related to route added / changed / deleted
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- 4 - Enable messages related to translation table operations
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- 8 - Enable messages related to bridge loop avoidance
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- 16 - Enable messages related to DAT, ARP snooping and parsing
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- 32 - Enable messages related to network coding
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- 64 - Enable messages related to multicast
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-128 - Enable messages related to throughput meter
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-255 - Enable all messages
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-The debug output can be changed at runtime using the file
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-/sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/log_level. e.g.
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-# echo 6 > /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/log_level
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-will enable debug messages for when routes change.
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-Counters for different types of packets entering and leaving the
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-batman-adv module are available through ethtool:
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-# ethtool --statistics bat0
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-BATCTL
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-As batman advanced operates on layer 2 all hosts participating in
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-the virtual switch are completely transparent for all protocols
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-above layer 2. Therefore the common diagnosis tools do not work
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-as expected. To overcome these problems batctl was created. At
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-the moment the batctl contains ping, traceroute, tcpdump and
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-interfaces to the kernel module settings.
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-For more information, please see the manpage (man batctl).
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-batctl is available on https://www.open-mesh.org/
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-CONTACT
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--------
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-Please send us comments, experiences, questions, anything :)
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-IRC: #batman on irc.freenode.org
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-Mailing-list: b.a.t.m.a.n@open-mesh.org (optional subscription
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- at https://lists.open-mesh.org/mm/listinfo/b.a.t.m.a.n)
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-You can also contact the Authors:
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-Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
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-Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
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