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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] DHCP-Monitoring of Gateways
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Hello,

Am 06/16/2014 08:14 AM, schrieb Marek Lindner:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> we're running batman 2013.4, having multiple Gateways. For doing
>> so, we'd like to monitor the availability of every dhcp-server on
>> each Gateway.
>> 
>> I noticed: If DHCP-Packages (even unicast ones) that unicast 
>> DHCP-Requests / Discovery are unanswered, if -> they're sent
>> locally on a gateway -> sent to a gateway not "chosen" (according
>> to batctl gwl) by the monitoring host.
>> 
>> What's the best way of monitoring all DHCP-Servers? Is there a
>> way to set up a monitoring node, that can reach all
>> DHCP-Servers? If not, how can request an ip address locally?
> 
> if you don't wish batman to interfere with your DHCP requests I
> suggest to disable the gateway mode.

thanks for your feedback. I'd like to keep the gateway mode enable for
regular clients. It is sufficient to disable the gateway-mode on the
monitoring-node?

Thanks,
Jan