Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/2] batman-adv: Use broadcast as fallback for gateway replies

2016-07-01 Thread Sven Eckelmann
[] > Hm, I'm wondering what kind of overhead implications this could > have in larger mesh networks. > > Didn't TT support temporary entries? Could the gateway server > inject them into its global translation table after parsing an > incoming DHCP packet? Right now we have the problem that DH

[B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/2] batman-adv: Use broadcast as fallback for gateway replies

2016-06-12 Thread Sven Eckelmann
The replies from gateway server to gateway client are usually sent via unicast packets. This only works when the destination address for the reply is already known to the translation table. But usually the gateway replies are in response to the first known contact from a device to the gateway serve