Actively used by these Communities

• Various Freifunk communities. See: https://freifunk.net/en/how-to-join/find-your-nearest-community/

  • Largest ones:
    • Freifunk Münster: 5000 nodes
    • Freifunk Aachen: 2200 nodes
    • Freifunk München: 1650 nodes
  • Communities with biggest, single batman-adv domain:
    • Freifunk Bremen: 850 nodes
    • Freifunk Göttingen: 750 nodes
    • Freifunk Uelzen: 650 nodes

• Name of the Community

• Link to the Community

• Size of the Network (number of clients, number of nodes)

Setup & Administration

• CLI:
  • batctl
  • iproute2
• GUI?
  • no
• Configuration Files
  • OpenWrt: /etc/config/network

Pros, Cons & Specialities

• Adaption time for changes (convergence speed)
• Overhead / Performance
• Ease of Use
• Typical / Maximum size of the Network
• Scenarios of Usage