[OLSR-users] "route" command freezes for a while...

[Nikolaos Tsarmpopoulos]

Dear Sven,

Thank you for your feedback. "route -n" works fine. I will also look at
Freifunk Firmware.

Best regards,
Nikos

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> Behalf Of Sven-Ola Tuecke
> Sent: Σάββατο, 28 Μαΐου 2005 2:24 μμ
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> Subject: Re: [OLSR-users] "route" command freezes for a while...
> 
> Nikos,
> 
> this is a normal situation AFAIK. OpenWRT comes with enhance IP
routing,
> which will introduce a "route changes cache". You may want to add the
> "iproute2" package (the real package, not the busybox iproute2
command).
> Then you are able to issue "ip route flush" prior to "ip route ls"
which
> shows the main routing table currently active (the one showing up when
> issuing "route -n"). To investigate further, you may have a look here:
> http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/howto/2.4routing.html
> 
> P.S.: If you are interessted, you may give the Freifunk Firmware a
shot.
> This OpenWRT based FW comes with olsrd-0.4.9 + some minor changes,
> iproute2
> and a web ui already included in the bin file. Refer to
> http://ff-firmware.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Sven-Ola
> 
> ""Nikolaos Tsarmpopoulos"" <(spam-protected)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:000101c5630a$31470d50$(spam-protected)
> > Dear users,
> >
> > We are using olsrd v0.4.9 with LQ extensions on a testbed of Linksys
> > WRT54GS routers running OpenWRT (http://vmesh.inf.uth.gr/) and we
have
> > found that this version leads to a far more stable network when
compared
> > to the previous one.
> >
> > While experimenting with the new OpenWRT firmware, we found that
after
> > we run olsrd, the command "route" delays almost a minute before it
> > prints out the routing table entries. Interestingly, by restarting
olsrd
> > a few times and executing "route" in a loop, we found that initially
> > "route" prints out the routing table instantly, then suddenly
changes
> > behaviour and it hangs for a minute before the results show up. I'm
not
> > sure if this is an olsrd or Linux kernel issue.
> >
> > We have crosscompiled olsrd from source (date: 27/05/2005 02:48). We
are
> > also using the latest OpenWRT version, with Linux kernel version
2.4.30.
> >
> > I have not been able to locate the source of this problem yet. In
case
> > someone else has got a clue, please let us know.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Nikos
> >
> >
> >
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