Hi Andreas,

so far we don't have any known DAT regression in 2014.4.0.

Could you please provide a more detailed description about your setup
including how the nodes have their bridges configured and what
interfaces have been added to batman-adv?

Thanks!

On 13/03/15 08:28, Andreas Pape wrote:
> Is there a known issue conerning the DAT functionality in batman-adv 
> 2014.4.0?
> 
> I have got a problem with looping ARP packets / multiplication of ARP 
> packets causing ARP storms in a setup with enabled DAT and BLA. My setup 
> consists of 6 mesh nodes of which 3 are connected to the same backbone 
> network. I connected a PC to the backbone which has an open ssh connection 
> to one ot the mesh nodes not connected to the backbone network directly. 
> Using arp -d to delete the ARP cache of the Windows PC forces the PC to 
> send an ARP request to the mesh node used for the ssh session. I can then 
> see multiple copies of that ARP request in the backbone in a wireshark 
> recording and also multiple ARP replies from the mesh node. 
> Sometimes also BLA gratuitous ARP telegrams seem to be looping, but it's 
> easier to force this behaviour with regular ARPs (via arp -d on a PC). 
> Non-ARP telegrams don't seem to be affected and except the waste of 
> bandwith in the mesh and backbone I don't have problems with normal 
> network communication in the mesh.
> 
> I could provide the mentioned wireshark recordings made in the backbone 
> network with a switch using port mirroring if someone explains how to 
> provide such a file to the mailing list (I guess simple attachments are 
> not allowed?).
> 
> If I disable DAT, everything looks fine again, i.e. no duplicated ARP 
> telegrams anymore (except for a few ARP replies from the mesh node which 
> are received twice, which could be a race for claiming the device?)..
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas
> 
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