Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] single IP for multiple interfaces

Marek Lindner
2007-11-20T14:08:05Z

> sure? (I'm in no way an expert, its an honest question.)
> root@OpenWrt:~# ip route
> 192.168.1.48 via 192.168.1.188 dev ath1 metric 7
> 192.168.2.40 via 192.168.1.188 dev ath1 metric 6
> 192.168.1.49 via 192.168.1.188 dev ath1 metric 4
> 192.168.2.42 via 192.168.1.188 dev ath1 metric 7
> 192.168.1.51 via 192.168.2.172 dev eth0 metric 2

> so there are interfaces shown in the routes, the kernel should recognize
> them, what else they are for?

As Axel already mentionned: These are the outgoing interfaces which you can
specify but the problem arises if your neighbor node has 2 interfaces as
well. How are you going to seperate these ? Normally you do so by using 2
different IP addresses to send traffic to one or the other interface. But if
you only have one address ...

> PS: Invited Sebastian Hagen who programmed the patch to join the
> discussion, hope he will help me/us with more details

Good idea. :-)

Greetings,
Marek