Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] FLAME: external kernel module for L2.5 meshing

From: Herman Elfrink <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:01:51 +0200

Stephen Hemminger wrote:

>Didn't you just reinvent 802.1d bridging? and/or WDS?
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Hi Stephen,

Yes, more or less, but with a twist.
802.1D does not allow retransmitting over the same interface  (which is 
what basically happens in mesh networks), and WDS uses static 
configuration of neighbouring hops (we want to support dynamically 
changing configurations).

Regards,

Herman.