Re: [lime] Do we need VLAN for Babeld interfaces?

Exploring the simplest configuration that works makes sense to me.


On 9/8/25 15:41, Ilario via LibreMesh wrote:
> Hi!
> One of the two GSoC project currently running is about simplifying
> LibreMesh, and one of the sub-projects is about allowing users to use
> Babeld on the plain network interfaces, not on dedicated virtual
> interfaces (VLAN) as is mandatory now.
> Agustin and Matteo are working on this :)
> https://projects.freifunk.net/#/projects?project=simplify_libremesh_and_get_it_closer_to_openwrt
>
> And you can see their projects on Freifunk's blog:
> https://blog.freifunk.net/author/agustin-trachta/
>
> The question is: do we actually need to keep the option to use Babeld on
> VLAN interfaces, or can we just replace the support for Babeld on VLAN
> with Babeld on plain interfaces?
> I mean, if there is a usecase that requires using it on VLAN it's ok to
> keep them both, otherwise I would keep just the simplest that works.
>
> There is some more information on this at these links:
> https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/issues/581
> https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/pull/631
>
> Ciao!
> Ilario
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