From: "DuncanSF" <duncan-tech-openmesh@404.978.org>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] batman-adv: softif lan loop avoidance
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:25:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <97C5B1C7CD044FEDB67CC3C1E2055BDD@flightrisk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201009261516.21774.lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
Sorry for the formatting: my client doesn't understand signed messages.
Lew quoted Marek who wrote:
> This patch adds the functionality to detect other batman-adv nodes
> connected to the LAN and select a 'gateway' to talk to the
> non-batman-adv devices on this LAN.
Doing this defeats part of the purpose of running batman-adv on
a LAN. Picture the case where nodes have links between each
other both on their wireless interfaces and through Homeplug
adapters like the old Netgear XE102 Ethernet-to-Powerline bridge.
Electing a single mesh-to-LAN gateway as proposed will blackhole
any stations on that LAN unable to reach the elected gateway.
Not everything connected to a LAN port is a standard, reliable
local area network. *smiles*
duncan.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Pitcher" <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
To: "The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking"
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Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] batman-adv: softif lan loop avoidance
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-27 0:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-26 18:57 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] LAN loop avoidance (part II) Marek Lindner
2010-09-26 18:57 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/2] batman-adv: softif lan loop avoidance Marek Lindner
2010-09-26 19:16 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] " Lew Pitcher
2010-09-26 20:25 ` Marek Lindner
2010-09-27 0:25 ` DuncanSF [this message]
2010-09-27 1:22 ` Donald Gordon
2010-09-27 15:58 ` Marek Lindner
2010-09-27 21:00 ` Donald Gordon
2010-09-28 9:33 ` Marek Lindner
2010-09-28 21:23 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/2] " Sven Eckelmann
2010-09-29 11:44 ` Marek Lindner
2010-09-26 18:57 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/2] batctl: display soft-interface neighbor table Marek Lindner
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