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

Matthias Schiffer
2012-05-10T20:46:05Z

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On 05/10/2012 10:19 PM, Marek Lindner wrote:
> On Friday, May 11, 2012 03:47:30 Matthias Schiffer wrote:
>> 2nd, I think without batman-adv specific extensions LLDP isn't very
>> useful, as the LLDP daemon only cares about the bat0/bridge MAC
>> addresses, and not the hardif MAC addresses which are visible in the
>> vis. The softif MAC addresses are shown in the vis as TT records, of
>> course, but as one can't really discern between the adresses of the node
>> itself and those of other clients on the bridge, it's rather useless in
>> my opinion.
>
> I understand all reason except for the last one. What are you trying to
> achieve that you need to auto-discover all batman-adv interfaces ? Are you
> trying to replace vis ?
> As far as I understood Martin was trying to point you to a protocol which
> broadcasts arbitrary data on layer2 (similar to mDNS on layer3).

I'm trying to merge vis data with other data, so I can create a map
which contains node information as well as link qualify information et
cetera. To archive this, I need a reliable way to relate batman-adv vis
nodes with LLDP nodes.

Matthias

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