BattleMeshV5 Tests

General Rules

• routing protocol configuration shall be the same for every test
• routing protocols are tested in turn (i.e. not altogether)
• cpu and memory consumption will be tracked during each test
• no points, just results and a final analysis

Tests

The ZooBab Test

Be Quick or Be Stable Test

Convergence Time Test

To be performed on the whole mesh and repeated 3x for each protocol

Part 1

1. traceroute from one end (node A) to the other (node B) of the mesh until the path is stable

2. find a critical node N in the path so that

   1. has good quality links with its neighbors (possibly more than one)
   2. if shut down the network does not split

3. start a ping from A to B

4. turn off N

5. count the number of pings from the first lost ping to the first subsequent successful ping

Part 2

1. start a continuous traceroute (e.g. mtr) from node A to node B

2. turn back on node N and start a stopwatch

3. measure the time needed to get the node N (back) into the traceroute

Don't Cross the Streams Test