BATMAN-Advanced Setup

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

1. Disable NetworkManager
   1. Right-click on NetworkManager applet, un-check "Enable networking".
   2. Fedora:

      # /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop

   3. Ubuntu:

      # stop network-manager

2. Disable the firewall

   1. # iptables -F

3. # ifconfig wlan0 down

4. # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc essid hacdc-batman channel 8

5. # ifconfig wlan0 up

Setup BATMAN-Advanced

In the unpacked 'batman-adv' directory:

1. # insmod batman-adv.ko

In the batctl directory:

1. # ./batctl if add wlan0

2. # ifconfig wlan0 mtu 1527

3. # cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/batman_adv/iface_status

   Should read "active".

4. # ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0

5. # ifconfig bat0 up

6. give bat0 an IP address
   1. ifconfig w.x.y.z netmask a.b.c.d up
   2. dhcp
   3. dhcp6
   4. dhclient
   5. Avahi/zeroconf
   6. IPv6

Testing BATMAN-Advanced

Display local table of known peers (by MAC address of node):

1. batctl o

Ping by batX MAC address of nodes:

1. batctl p uu:vv:ww:xx:yy:zz

Monitor traffic of batX interface:

1. tcpdump -i bat0 -s 0 -v -X -n

Test connectivity between nodes:

1. ping6 -p DEADBEEF -I bat0 (IPv4 address of host)
2. ping6 -p DEADBEEF -I bat0 (IPv6 address of host)