mesh plink field, and other stuff

[Javier Cardona]

Hi Christian,

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Cristian Nasuti
<nasuti.cristian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I set my mesh network (thanks to Francesco Cappuccio for help :D ) but I
> don't understand exactly the mesh plink field.
> What is the meaning of the values OPN_SNT, HOLDING, OPN_RCVD and LISTEN (and
> others if they exist)?

Please refer to the 802.11s draft if you have access to it.  Those are
states of the peer link (plink) management protocol.

> Another question: when I ping a node sometimes I take "Destination Host
> Unreachable", but when I try the command "iw dev mp_name station dump" the
> node is in the list (and if I switch off the node, there isn't). Is it
> normal?

You should try 'mpath dump' instead:  that will show you if there is a
path to the destination you are trying to reach.

> Lastly... when I try "iw dev mp_name mpath dump" I've no output...

Does 'station dump' show at least one mesh node in the 'ESTAB' state?
If not, you won't be able to communicate.

Javier


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Javier Cardona
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