[Olsr-users] Strange ignored packets problem

[Ignacio García Pérez]

Hi,

I have a test setup of 7 nodes deployed in a 1 sq. km urban area.

The net is 10.0.0.0/8, nodes are numbered 10.1.1.10, 10.1.1.20, 
10.1.1.30 and so on.

The broadcast address is the olsrd default: 10.255.255.255.

 From a node, olsrd sees HELLO/TC packets from the nodes with a good 
connection, but seems to see NO PACKETS AT ALL from nodes to which I 
know it has a poor (BUT USABLE) connection.

Then, if I start tcpdump, olsrd suddenly starts seeing packets from 
those nodes (with an expected 25% or so packet loss).

It looks like the radio card discards those packets when it is not in 
promiscuous mode (which is the side effect of running tcpdump AFAIK).



When I change the setup to use 255.255.255.255 as broadcast address, no 
packets are ignored.



Any idea about what may be the explanation of this behaviour?



Regards.