Commit e697c912 authored by Juliusz Chroboczek's avatar Juliusz Chroboczek

Update README for protocol version 1.

parent 7d67832c
...@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Babel ...@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Babel
Babel is a loop-avoiding distance-vector routing protocol roughly Babel is a loop-avoiding distance-vector routing protocol roughly
based on HSDV and AODV, but with provisions for link cost estimation based on HSDV and AODV, but with provisions for link cost estimation
and injection of external routes. and redistribution of routes from other routing protocols.
Installation Installation
...@@ -71,23 +71,23 @@ Then the network layer: ...@@ -71,23 +71,23 @@ Then the network layer:
4. Start the routing daemon 4. Start the routing daemon
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$ babel $IPv6 eth1 $ babel -X $IPv6 0 $IPv6 eth1
If your node has multiple interfaces which you want to participate in If your node has multiple interfaces which you want to participate in
the Babel network, just list them all: the Babel network, just list them all:
# babel $IPv6 eth0 eth1 sit1 # babel -X $IPv6 0 $IPv6 eth0 eth1 sit1
If your node has multiple addresses and you want all of them to If your node has multiple addresses and you want all of them to
participate in the routing protocol, inject the other addresses as participate in the routing protocol, just repeat the ``-X'' option
zero-cost external routes: multiple times:
# babel -X $IPv6-2 0 -X $IPv6-3 0 $IPv6 eth1 # babel -X $IPv6 0 -X $IPv6-2 0 -X $IPv6-3 0 $IPv6 eth1
On a gateway to the Internet, you'll want to redistribute the default On a gateway to the Internet, you'll want to redistribute the default
route into the mesh network: route into the mesh network:
# babel -x default 256 $IPv6 eth1 # babel -X $IPv6 0 -x default 256 $IPv6 eth1
If you find all of this too complicated and error-prone (as I do), you If you find all of this too complicated and error-prone (as I do), you
may want to consider autoconfiguring your routing domain using AHCP: may want to consider autoconfiguring your routing domain using AHCP:
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