From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.131]:65050 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751913AbaI2LJL (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:09:11 -0400 Message-ID: <54293DD4.1090907@xsilon.com> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:09:08 +0100 From: Simon Vincent MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: ICMPv6 Redirects References: <54258332.2010004@xsilon.com> <20140926153521.GA7643@omega> <542593AC.4060901@xsilon.com> <20140927014243.GA26666@omega> <54293279.5090103@xsilon.com> <54293B6C.7040800@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54293B6C.7040800@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-wpan-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Varka Bhadram , Alexander Aring Cc: linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org On 29/09/14 11:58, Varka Bhadram wrote: > Simon, > > On 09/29/2014 03:50 PM, Simon Vincent wrote: >> Currently there does not seem to be any filtering in the mac layer >> anyway. In wpan.c mac802154_subif_frame we check the pan id and dest >> address but we don't discard any packets. Should we be discarding >> packets at this point? For example packets of type PACKET_OTHERHOST. >> >> If I discard all PACKET_OTHERHOST in mac802154_subif_frame it solves >> my problem. I just don't know if this will effect anything else. >> > I think we are not supposed to discard the packets like this. This will > create the problems if routing enabled on the node. > > This not problem with the IEEE-802.15.4 driver or MAC implementation. > > These issues related to IPv6/ICMPv6 (ECHO request and ECHO reply). > Here RFC2461/RFC4861 will > come into picture. > see:http://www.tahi.org/logo/phase2-core/result/Self_Test_4-0-3/freebsd71.router/nd.p2/ > > Can you explain the setup..? What h/w you are using. How the network > connected..? > I am running three nodes all directly connected to each other via powerline networking running 802.15.4. Therefore all nodes can see all the traffic. The nodes are setup with ipv6 forwarding enabled. If I ping node A from node B node C sends ICMP redirects.