[Olsr-users] Hiding the AdHoc network? (This is the fix to my olsrd problem!!!!)

[Derek C]

Hi Aaron,

Yes - static routes work.

But I don't think that this necessarily means the problem is with OLSRd. 
It could be that madwifi is not passing the broadcast packets correctly. 
I do remember having problems with madwifi, diversity and OSPF around a
year ago where 50% of the OSPF "hello" packets were being lost because
madwifi was trying to send them out the disconnected antenna connector.

I've been trying out different combinations of the diversity settings also
but it doesn't appear to make any difference.

The one thing that does appear to make things work is to not hide the
adhoc ssid.

I also suspect that the problem is only with my x86 kamikaze_8.09 boxes
and perhaps NOT with my Atheros mips box.  I'm getting two more atheros
boards in the next day or two so I'll know more then maybe.

Derek



On Thu, November 13, 2008 6:26 am, L. Aaron Kaplan wrote:
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> On Nov 13, 2008, at 2:46 AM, Derek C wrote:
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>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> Well after a lot of trial and error I found that the reason my x86
>> based olsrd boxes wouldn't mesh (symmetric would never be YES and links
>> were not showing up even though I could ping between the boxes).
>>
>> The reason was that I was trying to hide my AdHoc network SSID (using
>> "iwpriv athX hide_ssid 1").
>>
>>
>> This seemed to mess up OLSRd
>>
>>
>
> no, this does not mess up olsrd, it probably messed up your wifi
> connectivity per se. Cross check: install static routes and try to ping.
> If that works, then it messed up olsrd. But I predict that static
> routes will also not work in that case.
>
> Why?
>
>
> no idea, wifi drivers are not the greatest thing in linux.
>
>
>> It is possible to hide the Adhoc network?  It's not nice for it to
>> show up on wireless client devices.
>>
>> thanks very any information!
>>
>> Derek
>>
>>
>>
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