From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <4FAA970F.7080901@hundeboll.net> Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 18:10:55 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?TWFydGluIEh1bmRlYsO4bGw=?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4FA54C09.6000303@universe-factory.net> <201205071440.21129.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> <4FA7AD9B.2030604@universe-factory.net> <201205081404.14409.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> <4FA916EB.8030609@universe-factory.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv2] batman-adv: fix visualization output without neighbors on the primary interface Reply-To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking 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/ -- Kind Regards Martin Hundebøll Frederiks Allé 99A, 1.th 8000 Aarhus C Denmark +45 61 65 54 61 martin@hundeboll.net