[Olsr-users] OLSR v1, v2, and virtual interfaces

[Adam Longwill]

VLAN interfaces. We have found that the only way to get OLSRv1 to work at
all is to give it its own interface. This makes single-port devices meshing
over the Ethernet interface impossible.

As Meta Mesh explores new ways of building the PittMesh network we're
looking for improvements and this would be a big one. We'd love to stick
with OLSR for awhile but is there a way to make this work?

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> what kind of virtual interface?
>
> VLAN? Tunnel interface?
>
> The first one should work well with Olsrd2, the second one can be a bit
> tricky if the tunnel does not support multicast, but maybe this can be
> fixed (by olsrd2 automatically detecting the endpoint address if available).
>
> Henning
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Adam Longwill <(spam-protected)>
> wrote:
>
>> We have known for awhile at our organization that OLSR v1 does not like
>> to use virtual interfaces.
>>
>> Does OLSR v2 support virtual interfaces better? Here is an example of the
>> problem we are experiencing. On one of our test routers, we have OLSR
>> running on the MESH interface (100.64.129.106) and on a virtual ETHERMESH
>> interface that is the same as the WAN interface (100.106.129.64). While I
>> can reach the ETHERMESH interface just fine from a connected computer with
>> a proper static 100. address via Ethernet, nearby OLSR-enabled devices do
>> not have the ETHERMESH IP address in their routing tables.
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> Does OLSR V2 support announcing virtual interfaces better and is there a
>> solution to this virtual interface problem for OLSR v1?
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Check out our progress in Pittsburgh at www.pittmesh.net.
>>
>> Adam Longwill
>> Executive Director
>> Meta Mesh Wireless Communities
>> 501(c)3 non-profit
>>
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