[Olsr-users] OLSR mesh with loop potential... having problems.

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I think you should try using a newer version of the package, you can
download pre-built ones here, which should also work for Debian:

https://launchpad.net/~guardianproject/+archive/commotion

I'll also look into putting a newer version of the olsrd package in
Squeeze/backports.

.hc

On 06/25/2012 09:59 PM, John Clark wrote:
> I've not had to look in to OLSRD and 'mesh' problems for quite some time.
> 
> However, I have a new project and am having problems.
> 
> The version of OLSRD i'm using was one that is part of the Debian package set, and has the following version number:
> 
> 0.5.6-rc7
> 
> I downloaded the most recent src from www.olsr.org, and there seems to be some differences in the config file, and it was not able to find the
> plugins properly.
> 
> In any case, on looking for others who have had problems with olsr and looping, it seems this has been a problem for some time. I don't know why
> I didn't see this before when I was using it more, but perhaps most of my 'meshes' were in fact, rather linear or trees and did not contain loops.
> 
> Does anyone have some suggestions about dealing with mesh configurations that have potential loops?
> 
> Thanks,
> John Clark.
> 
>