Re: [Bluez-users] BT_ADDR Address Resolution

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Assed,

> The ARP will take place using BNEP frames right? i.e. an ARP packet 
> encapsulated in a BNEP frame with a destination address corrosponding to 
> a broadcast MAC address.
> 
> Assuming one PANU wishes to send IP traffic to another PANU. When this 
> BNEP frame encapsulating the ARP request arrives at the GN, is it
> broadcast on all bridge ports?

the Linux PAN is a point-to-point connection. If you want to build a NAP
or GN you must also use the Linux bridge. So this is not a PAN question,
this depends on how you configured your bridge.

> Also does the bridge implimentation result in one broadcast per "port" 
> i.e. instead of one baseband layer broadcast (i.e. LT_ADDR = 000), we will have 
> as many broadcasts as the number of connected PANUs (i.e. one per 
> port)?

No Bluetooth broadcast is used. Read the BNEP and PAN specifications.

Regards

Marcel




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