[Olsr-dev] IP TTL value

Henning Rogge (spam-protected)
Wed Jan 19 14:56:22 CET 2011


On Wed January 19 2011 14:38:06 Teco Boot wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The IP TTL value of OLSR packets is 64, a OS default value.
> Mostly, this is OK. But IMHO it should be set to 1.
> OK to patch it?
> Need for a config parameter?
I don't see a reason for this, it just might make trouble with tunneling OLSR 
links.

OLSR packets are broadcast/multicast, so they are not forwarded anyways.

Henning Rogge

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