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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:58:15 +0800
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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Unterstanding gateway-mode - why do nodes have a
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On Thursday, January 03, 2013 19:03:11 Jan L=FChr wrote:
> c) Disable regular gateway, force node to switch to backup
> kif:~# batctl gw_mode client
>=20
> Gateway-List is:
> reifunk-b0487acb2d58:~# batctl gwl
>       Gateway      (#/255)           Nexthop [outgoingIF]: gw_class ...
> [B.A.T.M.A.N. adv 2012.4.0, MainIF/MAC: wlan0-1/b2:48:7a:cb:2d:59 (bat0)]
> =3D> aa:31:0e:4a:0f:1d (255) aa:31:0e:4a:0f:1d [  mesh-vpn]:  39 -
> 1024KBit/1024KBit
>=20
> d) Re-enable regular gateway
> root@kif:~# /usr/local/sbin/batctl gw server 100Mbit/100Mbit

Ah! You failed to mention this part in your initial email.

The behavior is easily explained: batman-adv does not switch gateway whenev=
er=20
a new gateway is found (even if it is a better gateway) unless the selectio=
n=20
class is on fast or late switching.

Cheers,
Marek