[Olsr-users] General question about ad hoc routing

[Sergio López]

Thanks for your answer. I did not consider layer 2 in my assumptions.

Problem solved :)

>> For example, the MPR of A in this scenario is B, then it will be the next
>> hop in OLSR internal routing table but in kernel routing table we just
know
>> that we have to send this message for the interface X.
>
> this is not correct.
>
> from the routing table you know the IP address of your next hop, not
> just the interface to send the packet out.
>
> you then use the ARP protocol to discover the Mac address of the next
> hop, and you will send a 802.11 frame that is unicast for your next
> hop and will be discarded from other station that overhear the frame
> from the radio channel.
>
> regards
>
> Saverio
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