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
http://www.open-mesh.net/ 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
always 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
another 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
default, 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
(optionally followed by "kbit" or "mbit") and the daemon will
guess your appropriate gateway class. Use "/" to seperate 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 orginator interval in ms
A node transmits broadcast messages (we call them originator
message or OGM) to inform the neighboring nodes about it’s
existence. 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 message 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 modus" with "-r 1"
unless "-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
"internet search modus". The deamon 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
connection by watching the uplinks throughput and the link
quality. 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 another 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 selected gateway.
-s visualization server
Since no topology database is computed by the protocol an
additional 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
tunnel 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!
Without NAT the gateway needs to have a route to the client or
the packets will be dropped silently.
--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
information 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
enable 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
<onelektra-at-gmx.net>, Thomas Lopatic <thomas-at-lopatic.de>, Felix
Fietkau <nbd-at-nbd.name>, Ludger Schmudde <lui-at-schmudde.com>, Simon
Wunderlich <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.
batmand(8)