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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:36:09 +0800
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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Disconnecting the nodes in batman-adv
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On Monday, January 23, 2012 22:55:09 Bouterse, Robert wrote:
> My attempts to use the hop_penalty failed, since I do not have control over
> the RF environment. So, I am resurrecting an old thread to find out if
> this is possible :
> https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2011-July/005058.html
> 
> The state of the thread seems to have ended with the idea of wrapping a
> wlan0 interface in a bridge, and then adding the bridge to a batman-adv
> network. This worked (apparently) with batman-adv over ethernet, but will
> not work over 802.11 because the kernel specifically prevents the bridge
> from being created,
> http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2010-January/020959.html
> 
> There is some mention that batman-adv has ebtables support.
> 
>  How can I get at that, to do what the people in the thread, were trying to
> accomplish?

It does not exist. The ebtables support has been removed shortly after its 
introduction because it came with some disadvantages. Unless you invest some 
time to implement something you won't have a solution.

Regards,
Marek