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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/29/2017 08:52 AM, John Atkeson
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<div>Thanks, I am going to need some more details. <br>
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If bat0 is a file, where is it? <br>
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It is a network interface that can be created when you have the
batman_adv driver loaded. You use the batctl utility to add layer 2
network interfaces to a batman-adv interface. <br>
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is a layer 2<br>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> tunnel or
a hub, and you have a batman mesh.<br>
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# batctl if add eno1 # add local ethernet
LAN<br>
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# batctl if add gre0 # add gre layer2
tunnel to another<br>
mesh island<br>
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# batctl if add wlan0 # add local wifi LAN
(ad-hoc or managed)<br>
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We can practice this stuff without being physically close
enough for<br>
wifi links.<br>
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