On Friday 20 August 2010 14:22:52 Antonio Quartulli wrote: > Now, what would it happen if a client roams from A to B and sends a new > dhcp request (cause the lease time has expired) so changing the default > gw from X to Y? The established connections will stop to work. > > I think that this is a classical level 3 issue in the hand-off > procedure.
This is not entirely correct. When the lease expires the client will try to renew its lease. If it still can reach its original gateway it should not switch. However, this might not be desired. The connection towards the old gateway might just be good enough to let the DHCP request through but is horrible when used for real data. In that case it would be smarter if batman dropped the renewal attempt to make sure the client switches. We have to find the right balance between breaking the established connections and having a usable connection. Cheers, Marek
