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NAME
batmand - better approach to mobile ad-hoc networking
SYNOPSIS
batmand [options]interface[interface...]
DESCRIPTION
B.A.T.M.A.N means better approach to mobile ad-hoc networking, this is
a new routing protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks. Go to
https://www.open-mesh.org/ to get more information.
The following document will explain how to use the batman daemon.
The batmand binary can be run in 2 different ways. First you need to
start the daemon with "batmand [options] interface" (daemon mode) and
then you can connect to that daemon to issue further commands with
"batmand -c [options]" (client mode). Some of the options below are al-
ways available, some are not. See the example section to get an idea.
OPTIONS
-a add announced network(s)
Add networks to the daemons list of available connections to an-
other network(s). This option can be used multiple times and can
be used to add networks dynamically while the daemon is running.
The parameter has to be in the form of ip-address/netmask.
-A delete announced network(s)
Delete networks to the daemons list of available connections to
another network(s). This option can be used multiple times and
can only be used while the daemon is running. The parameter has
to be in the form of ip-address/netmask.
-b run debug connection in batch mode
The debug information are updated after a period of time by de-
fault, so if you use "-b" it will execute once and then stop.
This option is useful for script integration of the debug output
and is only available in client mode together with "-d 1" or "-d
2".
-c connect via unix socket
Use this option to switch to client mode. Deploy it without any
arguments to get the current configuration even if changed at
runtime.
-d debug level
The debug level can be set to five values.
default: 0 -> debug disabled
allowed values: 1 -> list neighbors
2 -> list gateways
3 -> observe batman
4 -> observe batman (verbose)
5 -> memory debug / cpu usage
Note that debug level 5 can be disabled at compile time.
-g gateway class
The gateway class is used to tell other nodes in the network
your available internet bandwidth. Just enter any number (op-
tionally followed by "kbit" or "mbit") and the daemon will guess
your appropriate gateway class. Use "/" to separate the down-
and upload rates. You can omit the upload rate and batmand will
assume an upload of download / 5.
default: 0 -> gateway disabled
allowed values: 5000
5000kbit
5mbit
5mbit/1024
5mbit/1024kbit
5mbit/1mbit
-h short help
-H verbose help
-o originator interval in ms
A node transmits broadcast messages (we call them originator
message or OGM) to inform the neighboring nodes about it's exis-
tence. Originator interval is the time to wait after sending
one message and before sending the next message. The default
value is 1000 ms (1 second). In a mobile network, you may want
to detect network changes very quickly, so you need to send mes-
sage very often, for example, use a value of 500 ms. In a
static network, you can save bandwidth by using a higher value.
This option is only available in daemon mode.
-p preferred gateway
Set the internet gateway by yourself. Note: This automatically
switches your daemon to "internet search mode" with "-r 1" un-
less "-r" is given. If the preferred gateway is not found the
gateway selection will use the current routing class to choose a
gateway.
-r routing class
The routing class can be set to four values - it enables "inter-
net search mode". The daemon will choose an internet gateway
based on certain criteria (unless "-p" is specified):
default: 0 -> set no default route
allowed values: 1 -> use fast connection
2 -> use stable connection
3 -> use fast-switch connection
XX -> use late-switch connection
In level 1, B.A.T.M.A.N tries to find the best available connec-
tion by considering the gateway's advertised throughput as well
as the link quality towards the gateway. In level 2,
B.A.T.M.A.N compares the link quality of the internet node and
chooses the one with the best link quality. In level 3,
B.A.T.M.A.N compares the link quality of the internet node and
chooses the one with the best link quality but switches to an-
other gateway as soon as a better connection is found. In level
XX (number between 3 and 256) B.A.T.M.A.N compares the link
quality of the internet node and chooses the one with the best
link quality but switches to another gateway as soon as this
gateway has a TQ value which is XX better than the currently se-
lected gateway.
-s visualization server
Since no topology database is computed by the protocol an addi-
tional solution to create topology graphs has been implemented,
the vis server. Batman daemons may send their local view about
their single-hop neighbors to the vis server. It collects the
information and provides data in a format similar to OLSR's
topology information output. Therefore existing solutions to
draw topology graphs developed for OLSR can be used to visualize
mesh-clouds using B.A.T.M.A.N.
-v print version
--disable-client-nat
Since version 0.3.2 batmand uses iptables to set the NAT rules
on the gateX interface of the batman client (-r XX). That option
disables this feature of batmand and switches the internet tun-
nel mode to "half tunnels" (the packets towards the gateway are
tunneled but not the packets that are coming back) unless NAT
was enabled manually. Be sure to know what you are doing! With-
out NAT the gateway needs to have a route to the client or the
packets will be dropped silently.
--no-detach
Run batmand in foreground
--policy-routing-script
This option disables the policy routing feature of batmand - all
routing changes are send to the script which can make use of
this information or not. Firmware and package maintainers can
use this option to tightly integrate batmand into their own
routing policies. This option is only available in daemon mode.
EXAMPLES
batmand eth1 wlan0:test
Start batman daemon on interface "eth1" and on alias interface
"wlan0:test"
batmand -o 2000 -a 192.168.100.1/32 -a 10.0.0.0/24 eth1
Start batman daemon on interface "eth1" with originator interval
of 2000 ms while announcing 192.168.100.1 and 10.0.0.0/24.
batmand -s 192.168.1.1 -d 1 eth1
Start batman daemon on interface "eth1", sending topology infor-
mation to 192.168.1.1 and with debug level 1 (does not fork into
the background).
batmand eth1 && batmand -c -d 1 -b
Start batman daemon on interface "eth1". Connect in client mode
to get the debug level 1 output once (batch mode).
batmand -g 2000kbit/500kbit eth1 && batmand -c -r 1
Start batman daemon on interface "eth1" as internet gateway.
Connect in client mode to disable the internet gateway and en-
able internet search mode.
AUTHOR
batmand was written by Marek Lindner <lindner_marek-at-yahoo.de>, Axel
Neumann <axel-at-open-mesh.net>, Stefan Sperling
<stsp-at-stsp.in-berlin.de>, Corinna 'Elektra' Aichele <onelek-
tra-at-gmx.net>, Thomas Lopatic <thomas-at-lopatic.de>, Felix Fietkau
<nbd-at-nbd.name>, Ludger Schmudde <lui-at-schmudde.com>, Simon Wunder-
lich <siwu-at-hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>, Andreas Langer
<a.langer-at-q-dsl.de>.
This manual page was written by Wesley Tsai <wesleyboy42@gmail.com>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
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