Hi all! I'm using OpenWrt trunk (r41296) with batman-adv (2014.2.0) on a TP-Link WR1043ND using this network configuration file: http://sprunge.us/SVCI as you can see batman is running on ports number 1 (eth0.3) and number 3 (eth0.4).
root@OpenWrt:~# batctl if eth0.3: active eth0.4: active
I connect this router via ethernet cable to another device running batman-adv (2014.2.0). Looking at the link quality with "batctl o" I noticed that sometimes the link quality is poor using a port and good using the other one port. The good and the bad port aren't fixed, they switch randomly, so I tend to exclude an hardware problem. I connected the batman device to port 1 (eth0.3) and laptop on port 3 (eth0.4) and the quality of the batman link changes from one boot to another:
root@OpenWrt:~# batctl o [B.A.T.M.A.N. adv 2014.2.0, MainIF/MAC: eth0.3/10:fe:ed:7f:3e:80 (bat0 BATMAN_IV)] Originator last-seen (#/255) Nexthop [outgoingIF]: Potential nexthops ... dc:9f:db:2c:e4:34 0.700s (255) dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 [ eth0.3]: dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 (255) dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 0.360s (255) dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 [ eth0.3]: dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 (255)
-----reboot & wait some minutes----- good, 255 -----reboot & wait some minutes-----
root@OpenWrt:~# batctl o [B.A.T.M.A.N. adv 2014.2.0, MainIF/MAC: eth0.4/10:fe:ed:7f:3e:80 (bat0 BATMAN_IV)] Originator last-seen (#/255) Nexthop [outgoingIF]: Potential nexthops ... dc:9f:db:2c:e4:34 0.680s (119) dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 [ eth0.3]: dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 (119) dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 0.580s (119) dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 [ eth0.3]: dc:9f:db:2d:e4:34 (119)
-----reboot & wait some minutes----- good, 255 -----reboot & wait some minutes----- bad, ~129 -----reboot & wait some minutes----- bad, ~139 -----reboot & wait some minutes----- bad, ~131 -----reboot & wait some minutes----- good, 255
Thanks, Ilario