[Babel-users] a new way to mesh in openwrt

[David Schinazi]

As far as I know, Apple devices don't use ad-hoc mode for that, they
use Apple's proprietary "Apple Wireless Direct Link" (AWDL) -- which
was a precursor to "Wi-Fi Aware" / "Neighbor Aware Networking". In
theory it allows creating a mesh at the link-layer but requires all
nodes to have synchronized clocks so it doesn't scale particularly
well.

David

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 2:20 AM Antonin Décimo <antonin.decimo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > I think the main problem with ad-hoc mode is that all the stations
> > need to be able to see each other's transmissions. 802.11s is
> > multi-hop and does not have that problem. Ad-hoc mode was just for
> > something like a modest number of people with laptops sitting around a
> > table or the like.
>
> I think the most impressive use of ad-hoc networking I've seen is the
> Apple migration tool used to configure a new macOS install. If you
> install it on any device you're migrating from (even a Windows PC!)
> and connect both devices to the same network, they'll rendezvous, then
> it'll reconfigure both wifi cards to ad-hoc networking and transfer
> files. Quite impressive to witness.
> I think I once hosted a lan party on ad-hoc mode but that was an endeavour.
>
> -- Antonin
>
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