From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mate.lo-res.org (unknown [IPv6:2a02:60:4:300::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 190CA200957; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.101.102] (chello080108029230.5.11.vie.surfer.at [80.108.29.230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mate.lo-res.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9558E40E3E; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:50:54 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: DLEP [was: switching cerowrt to quagga-babeld issues] Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F9186966-D400-4296-B8FF-337FE8D8C849"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 From: "L. Aaron Kaplan" In-Reply-To: <7ibojyozmk.fsf_-_@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:50:46 +0200 Message-Id: References: <2187151341044351@web9d.yandex.ru> <7isjdcpm1q.fsf@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> <40851341093226@web25d.yandex.ru> <7ik3yoz7p2.fsf@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> <1521341229978@web13h.yandex.ru> <7ibojyozmk.fsf_-_@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> To: Juliusz Chroboczek X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) Cc: bloat-devel , cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net, babel-users X-BeenThere: bloat-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers working on AQM, device drivers, and networking stacks" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:52:02 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_F9186966-D400-4296-B8FF-337FE8D8C849 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Juliusz, remember that there are two approaches right now concernig = DLEP: CISCO and the rest of the world ;-) nuff said ;))) On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: >> I would like to point you towards a nice feature that Henning is >> currently implementing: DLEP - a (mostly routing protocol = independent) >> framework for communicating settings and metrics between a radio and >> a routing daemon. >=20 > I reviewed an early draft of that. >=20 > As I understand DLEP, it is a standardised way to implement the "thin > access point" model that Cisco and friends are promoting -- a complex > (and expensive) controller associated with a number of dumb APs. This > is a good way to enable mobility between APs with unmodified stations, > it's a good way to make network administrators happy (centralised > administration), and also a good way to make Cisco happy (since the > controller can be sold for much, much more than an AP). >=20 > Standardising the protocol that the controller uses to communicate = with > the APs is a worthy goal, but pretty much orthogonal to mesh = networking > research. >=20 > -- Juliusz >=20 --Apple-Mail=_F9186966-D400-4296-B8FF-337FE8D8C849 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAk/x+5oACgkQxEgyMttZ8YxWKACffFJN/wOVCFv6btcnQdywn0W6 XjQAoLACFA5o3YyU7jzdog9SCPcNBRGr =oyqI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_F9186966-D400-4296-B8FF-337FE8D8C849--