On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Tobias tracer@robotech.de wrote:
Am 31.08.2011 17:57, schrieb wayne abroue:
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Marek Lindnerlindner_marek@yahoo.de wrote:
Hi,
At first everything seemed to work. A node on the one end could ping a node on the other end over the mesh-network. The ping was hopping from node to node as expected.
But sometimes some paths do not work anymore.
Some nodes can only reach their direct neighbors via a "normal ping". A ping to a node via one hop does not work. A "batctl ping" does work!
This only happens to parts of the network and is not permanent. If i wait it will recover, but then the problem appears at another node.
since "batctl ping" works I'd say your mesh works fine - you have a problem in your higher layers. Maybe a mac address collision or an ARP timeout ?
Can you provide specific examples we can go through ? For instance, provide the batctl ping output to the neighbor in question, the ping error message (does it say timeout / host could not be found / etc), a batctl traceroute to the neighbor in question and the output of the global translation table.
Are you trying to ping a 'fixed' node or a node that is roaming ?
Regards, Marek
I'd also check signal strength,, have experienced this when levels are fluctuating, ie: batctl ping works, ip not. then comes back.
Wayne A
Hi Wayne,
the signal level is not very good - but it should be sufficient. (around 40-60%)
Even when i keep both pings running at the same time, only the "batctl p" works.
Tobias
Thats your problem,, I have experienced the same in the past,, You will find access very erratic,, upgrade your antenna if you can.
Wayne A