[OLSR-users] SLIP lines and OLSRD...

[Benoit PAPILLAULT]

>> Back on topic: Pointopoint interfaces cannot broadcast. But: you can 
>> use slip, ppp or ipip tunnel connections if you specify the other end 
>> ip address as broadcast address in the interface {} section of 
>> /etc/olsrd.conf. You may need to (manually!) ignore the olsrd 
>> complaints, but it works :)
> 
> 
> What does a configuration line look like that does that?

I use IP tunnel (vtun) intensively to connect several OLSR enabled 
network (this is experimental). To broadcast over IP tunnel and have the 
same configuration for all machines, I use :

Interfaces "eth0" "wlan0" "tun0" {
   Ip4Broadcast                255.255.255.255
}

My 2 cents...

Benoit PAPILLAULT