From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) (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 4A29620029B; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:13:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr (hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr [134.157.168.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id q62HD9TU030280 ; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 19:13:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 168 Received: from lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr (lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr [134.157.168.57]) by hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E9DAC0FD6; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 19:13:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jch by lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1SlkBP-0008W4-Qr; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:13:07 +0200 From: Juliusz Chroboczek To: "L. Aaron Kaplan" 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> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:13:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: (L. Aaron Kaplan's message of "Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:16:27 +0200") Message-ID: <7ibojyozmk.fsf_-_@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4FF1D6A5.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4FF1D6A5.000/134.157.168.1/hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr/hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr/ X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:17:51 -0700 Cc: bloat-devel , cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net, babel-users Subject: [Cerowrt-devel] DLEP [was: switching cerowrt to quagga-babeld issues] X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:13:39 -0000 > 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. I reviewed an early draft of that. 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). Standardising the protocol that the controller uses to communicate with the APs is a worthy goal, but pretty much orthogonal to mesh networking research. -- Juliusz