[Olsr-users] Mesh network

[Sahana k.srinivas]

Okay! Will check it out. And let you know what happens. Thank you !


Regards,
Sahana

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Sahana k.srinivas
> <(spam-protected)> wrote:
> > The client can ping the router to which it is connected but the router
> > cannot ping its client.
>
> Good... I expected it to work, it was just the easiest thing to test. ;)
>
> > No, I did not set the IP address as HNA in olsrd. Will do that and check
> the
> > results.
>
> Do so... without the HNA the mesh routers will not know about the
> IP/prefix of the attached clients of the other routers!
>
> > And the 3rd point, Sorry I dint get you! Should a route be set? Or does a
> > default route exist?
>
> You need a route from the client to their local router to reach the
> rest of the mesh.
>
> The easiest option is a default route, often distributed via DHCP...
> but in theory it would be enough to have a route that is "wide" enough
> to contain all nodes in the mesh and attached to the mesh.
>
> Default route does not work if one of your clients has normal internet
> access (as an example).
>
> Henning Rogge
>
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