Dear all,
I think I found an issue in mesh addressing.
I used the compat-2012-06-14.
My network topology for the test is :
----------------- ------------------- Wired LAN -----------------
|MP1 | |MP2 |------------------| Computer |
|192.168.4.1| |192.168.4.253| |192.168.4.90 |
----------------- ------------------- ---------------
The MP1 is not bridged with any wired interface (The ip address is set directly on WLAN0 interface)
The MP2 is bridged with eth0 to offer link with a wired network (My computer is connected with the wired network).
If I try to ping from Computer to MP1.
The ICMP request sent on WiFi (from MP2 to MP1) is a broadcast frame using a strange address format (3 address in 802.11 header + 1 address in mesh extension) .
The ICMP reply sent on wifi (from MP1 to MP2) is unicast frame using 6 addresses format.
Why the ICMP request is sent with address 1 set to broadcast (It was not the case for older compat-2011-08-25)?
If in MP1 I move the WLAN0 to a bridge with brctl (with no other interface), ICMP request are still sent with broadcast,
But
If I change the mac address of bridge interface, the ICMP request is now sent in unicast format (using the 6 addresses formats) !
Best regards
Cedric Voncken
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