batmand (legacy)

batmand was the first implementation of the B.A.T.M.A.N. routing protocol. It is a user space daemon which operates on layer 3 (IP layer) by altering the routing table.

Note

batmand has not been developed further for a couple of years, but is still actively used by a few projects. Most of the active development today is performed on batman-adv.

The manpage describes all options of batmand.

Getting started

Installation and usage: build, install and run batmand
Internet tuning: how batmand handles internet access and what features it offers
Announcing networks: announce and revoke networks (HNA) on the fly
Visualize the mesh: get graphics of the mesh network
FAQ: frequently asked questions about batmand

Developer information

Routing table manipulation: the routing table manipulation of batmand
Debug output: understand the debug output
Vis server output: work with the output of the vis server
Coredumps: configure and retrieve coredumps after a crash

Protocol documentation

Protocol concept - overview of B.A.T.M.A.N.’s main concepts
Routing scenarios - routing scenarios a routing protocol should be able to handle
The OLSR story - the roots of B.A.T.M.A.N. (Dec 2006)
CCCamp 2007 talk (video) - Elektra and Marek explain the batman routing algorithm and features of batmand (August 2007)
B.A.T.M.A.N. RFC draft - the routing algorithm used in batman 0.2
B.A.T.M.A.N. status - state of B.A.T.M.A.N. (June 2007)

History

Why B.A.T.M.A.N. was started: why OLSR was dropped in favor of a new routing protocol
B.A.T.M.A.N. in Berlin: the first B.A.T.M.A.N. deployments in Berlin