From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161219101024.GB8485@prodigo.lan> References: <20161219101024.GB8485@prodigo.lan> From: Carlos Rey-Moreno Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:55:40 +0100 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Fail to create tunnels using br-lan List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking Cc: Andrei Buciulea , =?UTF-8?Q?Francisco_Javier_Sim=C3=B3_Reigadas?= Dear Antonio, we will post it in the OpenVPN mailing list too, but I was hoping that someone in the list had been able to establish tunnels in between batmand-adv nodes using the br-lan interface. best, carlos On 19 December 2016 at 11:10, Antonio Quartulli wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:06:01AM +0100, Carlos Rey-Moreno wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> A student who is collaborating with me, Andrei, cc'ed, is carrying out >> traffic performance analysis in a mesh network (which uses batman-adv) >> in order to compare the benefits of introducing Simplemux [1]. >> Basically, simplemux multiplexes small packets in bigger packets and >> compresses them to reduce overhead. These packets are then sent >> through a tunnel to another end in the network. >> >> So far, simplemux shows very positive results by creating the tunnel >> in between two computers connected at each end of a multihop network >> composed by a chain of 5 nodes. >> >> The idea would be to test the performance benefits of simplemux when >> the tunnels are created between the mesh nodes instead, so they could >> aggregate, let's say, all the VoIP packets from different SIP clients >> calling other SIP clients in the mesh or via the gateway. >> >> The tunnels can be successfully created in OpenWRT, but it fails when >> assigning the physical interface the tunnel should use. It works when >> a physical interface is used, i.e. eth0, but fails with br-lan >> provided it is a virtual interface. >> >> # openvpn --mktun --dev tun0 --user root >> >> # ifconfig tun0 up >> >> # ./simplemux -i tun0 -e br-lan -M N -c 192.168.0.5 >> >> I was wondering if anyone in the list could point Andrei in the right direction. >> >> Thank you very much in advance. > > Dear Carlos, > > this looks pretty much about OpenVPN (if I am not wrong). Are you sure you > posted it to the right mailing list? > > Cheers, > > -- > Antonio Quartulli -- Carlos Rey-Moreno, PhD PostDoctoral Fellow University of the Western Cape Zenzeleni Networks: zenzeleni.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M Cel: +27 (0) 76 986 3633 Skype: carlos.reymoreno Twitter: Creym