BATCTL(8) B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced Control Tool BATCTL(8)
NAME
batctl - B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced control and management tool
SYNOPSIS
batctl [options] command|debug table|debug JSON [parameters]
DESCRIPTION
batctl offers a convenient way to configure the batman-adv kernel module as well as displaying debug information such as originator tables and translation tables. In combination with a bat-hosts file batctl allows the use of host names instead of MAC addresses.
B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced operates on layer 2. Thus all hosts participating in the virtual switched network are transparently connected together for all protocols above layer 2. Therefore the common diagnosis tools do not work as expected. To overcome these problems batctl contains the commands ping, traceroute, tcpdump which provide similar functionality to the normal ping(1), traceroute(1), tcpdump(1) commands, but modified to layer 2 behaviour or using the B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced protocol. For similar reasons, throughputmeter, a command to test network performances, is also included.
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