Re: [Bluez-users] BT_ADDR Address Resolution

Marcel Holtmann
2004-06-24T12:31:57Z

Hi Assed,

> The ARP will take place using BNEP frames right? i.e. an ARP packet
> encapsulated in a BNEP frame with a destination address corrosponding to
> a broadcast MAC address.
>
> Assuming one PANU wishes to send IP traffic to another PANU. When this
> BNEP frame encapsulating the ARP request arrives at the GN, is it
> broadcast on all bridge ports?

the Linux PAN is a point-to-point connection. If you want to build a NAP
or GN you must also use the Linux bridge. So this is not a PAN question,
this depends on how you configured your bridge.

> Also does the bridge implimentation result in one broadcast per "port"
> i.e. instead of one baseband layer broadcast (i.e. LT_ADDR = 000), we will have
> as many broadcasts as the number of connected PANUs (i.e. one per
> port)?

No Bluetooth broadcast is used. Read the BNEP and PAN specifications.

Regards

Marcel