Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Antwort: Re: MAC addresses of loop detect frames in global translation-table

[Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>]

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On Thursday, June 1, 2017 8:12:51 AM CEST Andreas Pape wrote:
> > Von: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
> > An: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
> > <b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
> > Datum: 31.05.2017 16:20
> > Betreff: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] MAC addresses of loop detect frames in
> > global translation-table
> > Gesendet von: "B.A.T.M.A.N" <b.a.t.m.a.n-bounces@lists.open-mesh.org>
> > 
> > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 03:39:23PM +0200, Simon Wunderlich wrote:
> > > Hi Andreas,
> > > 
> > > yes, those are loop detection packets. Preventing these entries
> > 
> > from the local
> > 
> > > translation table has been implemented only recently. We can
> 
> potentially do
> 
> > > the same for global addresses as well, it just hasn't been done so
> > 
> > far ... at
> > 
> > > least I don't see a reason prevening us from that. It is probably
> 
> added by
> 
> > > "speedy join" in the first place.
> > 
> > This was the case at least for me. Andreas, do yours have the
> > temporary flag set, too?
> 
> If I remember it correctly they are shown as "regular" MAC addresses
> without any
> special flags set (like any real mac address of existing devices). In the
> meantime
> I kick these entries in batadv_tt_global_add. But if you are interested I
> could
> revert my firmware and give a more precise answer.
> 

To me, it would be sufficient to get a patch from your or Linus or anyone else 
to fix this. :)

Thanks!
     Simon

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