From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Possible OGM forwarding misbehavior
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:15:27 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201205141715.27604.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG7VhQQKKv67Qb4ywQmJp7BCvJARRYT29AwBX1rQDgidaCP5iQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
> incidentally I noticed that with the modification that introduced the
> 'NOT_BEST_NEXT_HOP' flag only OGM coming from best next hop neighbour
> are forwarded in case of multi-hop originators.
>
> The problem is that in the routing code it is forwarded only the first OGM
> received with a fresh sequence number (that could be received from a
> sub-optimal router).
>
> This means that if the OGM from best next hop neighbour is not received as
> the first OGM, it is not forwarded and I think this can be a problem.
>
> Maybe it can be better to maintain also an index of the last FORWARDED
> sequence number instead of checking the last RECEIVED sequence number.
do you mind sending a patch for this ? That would make it easier to understand
what you have in mind.
Regards,
Marek
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2012-05-13 8:56 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Possible OGM forwarding misbehavior Daniele Furlan
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