Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:4126 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758406AbYHENcR (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:32:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:14:52 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Keir Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Mesh network project, feedback wanted Message-ID: <20080805131452.GB4276@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080805_153221_380516_746668ED) References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:38:40PM +0100, Keir wrote: > With this in mind, me and my supervisor came up with the project > proposal that I have attached, however neither of us are hugely > familiar with Linux mesh development. I was wondering, does this seem > like a sensible project proposal? Is there something better I could be > doing given my resources? It isn't clear to me from reading your proposal whether or not you are aware of this: http://www.open80211s.org/ Were you planning to implement mesh networking code? Or some sort of network management code that would configure/enable/disable mesh vs. STA vs. IBSS modes? Or simply something that did manual configurations and then did testing/measurements? Obviously the 1st option is the least useful in general. The 2nd option might be interesting especially in cooperation with NetworkManager or a similar project. The third option is the most academic. Alas, it might also make for the most boring paper/presentation... :-) Hth...good luck! John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com