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