From 49975b9bd962f72e19d739abceb6de47e390a44b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Klaus Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 08:40:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] more explanation for network.mode file Signed-off-by: Tobias Klaus Reviewed-by: Christian Dresel Reviewed-by: Tim Niemeyer --- bsp/ar71xx/root_file_system/etc/network.mode | 38 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/bsp/ar71xx/root_file_system/etc/network.mode b/bsp/ar71xx/root_file_system/etc/network.mode index 7199dbc..de16aa3 100644 --- a/bsp/ar71xx/root_file_system/etc/network.mode +++ b/bsp/ar71xx/root_file_system/etc/network.mode @@ -1,18 +1,30 @@ -#what should the one eth0 ethernet port be used for? -#directly connect to other mesh nodes - this is the default -ETHMODE="BATMAN" - -#Connect with fastd vpn -#ETHMODE="WAN" - -#connect normal ff-clients -#ETHMODE="CLIENT" - ################ -## If you want to change the behavior of eth0, you can change it above. +## This file is used to configure the behavior of network interfaces +## if the routers interfaces differ from the standard WAN+4LAN-Ports +## +2Wireless APs. +## If you want to change their behavior, you can do so below. ## After that you have to reset the config with following commands. #cp /rom/etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.conf #cp /rom/etc/config/network /etc/config/network #reboot -################ - +# +### The canonical syntax of this file is: +#SPECIFIER="MODE" +### MODES +## Generally there are 3 operating modes for network interfaces in fff. +#BATMAN: The interface is used to mesh with other fff-nodes +#WAN: The interface is used to connect to supernodes via vpn and +# ordinary internet. +#CLIENT: The interface is used to connect clients to the fff-net +## +### SPECIFIER +## For devices only including one ethernet port the specifier is called +## ETHMODE. The default mode for these devices is "BATMAN". +## For example this is the case for: gl-ar150, tl-mr3020-v1, tl-wa850re-v1, +## tl-wa860re-v1, ubnt-bullet-m, ubnt-loco-m-xw, ubnt-nano-m +ETHMODE="BATMAN" +## Devices featuring 2 ethernet ports are configured by SPECIFIERs ressembling +## the labels on the PORT itself. For the cpe210 these are called LAN0 and LAN1. +## Therefore they are configured as follows: +LAN0MODE="WAN" +LAN1MODE="BATMAN"