Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] batmand still doesn't start the right way

[Axel Neumann <axel@open-mesh.net>]

Hi,

On Sonntag 25 November 2007, rene wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Axel Neumann wrote:
> > According to your log files the 144 batman does send OGM and also
> > receives them. For me that does not look like a problem with batman.
> >
> > If it is not HW related, it might still be a problem with the alias
> > interfaces.
>
> Maybe, but this is happening on a range of different hardware. At least
> on WRAP(x86), Buffalo and Linksys, all running OpenWrt, the WRAPs a
> kamikaze(half-year-old) and the BuffaloS and LinkSysS running
> Whiterussian0.9.
> Any Problems about the usage of alias-interfaces known on these platforms?
>
> Thanks for your reply, the one APs wasn't changed and still has no OGMs
> sended - so further debugging is possible, if somebody suggests how...

try to let another application use the suspect alias interface.
for example ping from AP144:
ping -I 192.168.41.144 192.168.41.43

-I specifies the outgoing interface. what does tcpdump report then?

ciao,
axel

PS.:
if you need a non-busybox version of ping for buffalo/linksys:
http://downloads.open-mesh.net/misc/handy-tools/wrt-freifunk/ping.tgz
and i386/wrap
http://downloads.open-mesh.net/misc/handy-tools/sources/iputils-current/ping


>
> Regards,
> Rene
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