Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Node freezes but still alive

[Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>]

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On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 06:56:58PM +0100, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:48:35AM -0600, Derick Roman De Leon Leal wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick reply Linus,
> > 
> > No transmission on IPv4
> 
> If that's for the adhoc0 interface directly then this seems to be
> a wireless driver issue and not a batman-adv one :(.
> 
> Hm, if I'm not mistaken then the OM2P-HS should have an Atheros AR9285
> chipset. So an ath9k driver which many people use in adhoc mode
> for meshing. 
> 
> > Someone suggested that I should use a bssid that
> > starts with 02 (eg. 02:12:34:56:78:9A). Is this a requirement for the
> > mesh to work?
> 
> Not a "requirement for the mesh to work", afaik. But when a MAC
> address is self-generated, then it should have the second lowest bit set:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Address_details

This is true for the interface MAC address, but this should not apply for
the Cell-ID/BSSID. It can be a random ID.

Cheers,


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Antonio Quartulli

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