[Click] Multiple, Heterogeneous interfaces

[Giovanni Di Stasi]

Il Monday 16 June 2008 17:23:32 Breno Jacinto ha scritto:
> Hello Giovanni,
>
>    Thanks for the answer. Let me clarify a bit more: I'm wondering if
> it's possible for click to represent a device with multiple
> heterogeneous interfaces, and since it can be in several networks at
> the same time, routing between those networks is what I'm looking for.

There is no such thing in click (a device that represents multiple 
interfaces); you can create your own element that  "manages" more than one 
interface (you have to code it, the routing is not automatic). 

>    Another framework that does what I'm looking for is Ana4
> (http://ana4.citi.insa-lyon.fr/), but unfortunately it has been
> discontinued and has no active user base.
>
> regards,
>
> --

I did a quick look to the project you mentioned: I think it is very different 
from click; it seems a sort of brigde (maybe with some intelligence): Linux 
itself already provides bridging capabilities, that could do what you want 
(however it depends on the scenario; I haven't heard yet of someone that 
deployed a wireless mesh network by bridging all the interfaces togheter :)).
-- 
Giovanni Di Stasi, Junior Researcher
Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica
Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"
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