[Commotion-dev] Unifying Serval and Commotion Mesh

[Jeremy Lakeman]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Josh King <jking at chambana.net> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> This is something that we've been thinking about recently here at OTI as
> well. I think it makes a lot of sense to standardize around SSIDs and
> BSSIDs. Additionally, I'm working on rewriting the way that the OpenWRT
> firmware handles connecting to the mesh as a standalone C daemon and
> library, something that I hope may eventually serve as a cross-platform
> way to manage configuration profiles and wireless connection issues in a
> generalized fashion.
>
> In the short term, I've been thinking too about how to make sure that
> the Commotion Android application and Serval can work together
> effectively on the same device. Would it make sense for Serval to make
> use of Meshtether to establish the wifi network if it's available, and
> for Meshtether to connect to the Serval application's instance of
> servald for encryption, if available?
>

If the Commotion Android application broadcasts an intent when the
network is up, it would be fairly easy for Serval to start our daemon
and communicate on that interface.