NAME

       olsrd - Optimized Link State Routing protocol daemon

SYNOPSIS

       olsrd  [  -i   interface1  [interface2 ...]  ] [ -f  configfile ] [ -d  debuglevel ] [ -ipv6 ] [ -ipc ] [
       -dispin ] [ -dispout ] [ -nofork ] [ -bcast  broadcastaddress ] [ -delgw ] [ -hint  HELLO  interval  ]  [
       -tcint   TC  interval ] [ -midint  MID interval ] [ -hnaint  HNA interval ] [ -T  scheduler poll rate ] [
       -hemu  IP address ]

DESCRIPTION

       olsrd  is  an  implementation  of  the  Optimized  Link  State  Routing  protocol   for   Mobile   Ad-Hoc
       networks(MANET).  The  protocol is described in RFC3626.  It is designed to be run as a standalone server
       process - but as it is still in an experimental stage most users will prefer running it with  some  debug
       output which is directed to STDOUT.

       This  manual  page  only  lists the command line arguments. For details of the configuration file see the
       comments included in /etc/olsrd.conf.  Note that none of these options need to be set at the command line
       - all these options and others can be set in the configuration file.

       This implementation also features an alternative routing scheme based on link quality using  an  ETX-like
       metric  developed  by  the  c-base  community  in  Berlin. To enable and tweak this mode you must use the
       configuration file.

       The homepage of olsrd is http://www.olsr.org

OPTIONS

       -i interface1 ... interfaceN
                   This option specifies on what network interfaces olsrd should run. These interfaces cannot be
                   aliased interfaces such as eth0:1.

       -f configfile
                   This option overrides the default configuration file path used by olsrd - /etc/olsrd.conf

       -d debuglevel
                   This option specifies the amount of debug information olsrd should write to STDOUT. If set to
                   0 olsrd will run in the background.

       -ipv6       This option instructs olsrd to use the Internet Protocol version 6. The default is version 4.

       -ipc        This option allows the GUI front-end created fro olsrd to connect to olsrd at runtime.

       -dispin     This option, when set, causes olsrd to display all incoming packet data on STDOUT. When using
                   IPv4 the data is displayed in decimal format, when  using  IPv6  the  data  is  displayed  in
                   hexadecimal format.

       -dispout    This option, when set, causes olsrd to display all outgoing packet data on STDOUT. When using
                   IPv4  the  data  is  displayed  in  decimal  format, when using IPv6 the data is displayed in
                   hexadecimal format.

       -nofork     This option, when set, causes olsrd not to fork and run in the  background  if  started  with
                   debuglevel 0. Useful for init scripts.

       -delgw      If  this  option  is set olsrd will remove any default routes set prior to adding an Internet
                   route based on OLSR routing.

       -bcast broadcastaddress
                   This option specifies what IPv4 broadcastaddress to use for OLSR control  traffic.  The  only
                   value that currently makes sense when setting broadcast address mannually is 255.255.255.255.
                   The  default action is to use the broadcastaddres that the network interface is preconfigured
                   with(per interface).

       -hint seconds
                   This value sets the interval on which HELLO messages should be  generated.  The  value  is  a
                   floating point number representing seconds.

       -tcint seconds
                   This  value  sets  the  interval  on  which  TC  messages should be generated. The value is a
                   floating point number representing seconds.

       -midint seconds
                   This value sets the interval on which MID messages  should  be  generated.  The  value  is  a
                   floating point number representing seconds.

       -hnaint seconds
                   This  value  sets  the  interval  on  which  HNA messages should be generated. The value is a
                   floating point number representing seconds.

       -T seconds  This option sets the polling intervall of the scheduler. The default  is  0.1  seconds.  This
                   option should only be considered if running with really low emission intervals.

       -hemu IP address
                   Use this option to connect to the olsr_switch network simulation application. Here IP address
                   will  be  the IP address that the process will set as its main address in the emulation mode.
                   This address has no connection to the real IP-stack and can be chosen freely.

       FILES  /etc/olsrd.conf

SEE ALSO

       olsrd.conf(8).

                                                    Dec 2005                                            olsrd(8)