Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv2] batman-adv: fix visualization output without neighbors on the primary interface

Martin Hundebøll
2012-05-09T16:10:55Z

Hi Guido,

On 05/08/2012 10:52 PM, Guido Iribarren wrote:
> mDNS solutions like avahi translate between hostnames and ips, while
> batman visualization deals with MACs, and those cannot necessarily be
> obtained from IPs (in some cases, ARP will help, but won't work in
> interfaces without IPs)
>
> maybe i'm ignoring some MAC discovery protocol?

While reading about TLV's on wikipedia[1], I came across a MAC discovery protocol[2], LLDP, which eventually lead me to OpenLLDP[3]. If this also works on 802.11, I think we have a winner :)

Happy hacking!

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type-length-value
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_Layer_Discovery_Protocol
[3] http://openlldp.sourceforge.net/

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