MPP

[Anna Neal]

Hi Brian,

2009/2/16 Brian DeLacey <bdelacey at gmail.com>:
> There was a good thread on MPP back in August. Is that functionality working
> now?

The simple answer here is that the MPP functionality is not fully implemented.

> Simple Scenario: I have a mesh and would like to bridge it out to the
> internet. For instance, I have a mesh with a bunch of IP addresses, but none
> of the machines connected to the internet. I have another machine that is
> connected to the internet. How to I bridge these two network worlds?
> I'd like the ability for any one of the mesh machines to be able to access
> the internet by hopping through the mesh. Will it someday be as simple as
> just starting a browser on a mesh machine and typing in the URL you want to
> access?

That is the plan.

> I followed the MPP directions in http://o11s.org/trac/wiki/HOWTO but haven't
> yet gotten this to work. Is mesh/internet bridging possible?

Yes, but not with the current implementation of o11s.

>Is it expected
> to be working?

With the current implementation, mesh points will not be able to access the
Internet and vice versa.

Mesh points can only propagate frames from one MPP to another MPP and thusly
propagating traffic through the mesh.  The mesh points don't know what
else to do with the information but to forward it in the right direction.

> The Linux How-To on Ethernet Bridging adds steps for setting up forwarding /
> routing / and a default gateway route. Will this get me onto the internet
> from within a mesh?

Unfortunately, no. More needs to be implemented in o11s to get this working.

I hope this helps and make sense.

Thanks,
Anna Neal