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> As for originator and neighbours this can also be checked by batctl or1 > proc file system. No i meant /sys/kernel/debug as I run recent Batman adv 2020-1 Thank you for pointing out the correct wiki links, I could not find them I will create another topic for some other questions, Thank you On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 1:44 PM Sven Eckelmann <s...@narfation.org> wrote: > > [please never contact me privately about batman-adv without a really good > reason. Cc at least the mailing list] > > On Thursday, 25 June 2020 13:12:34 CEST Mark Birss wrote: > > "Is the lower layer working or did the lower layer break? Can be > > tested easily with multicast/broadcast and unicast pings on the lower > > device." > > > > How to do this ? > > ping/ping6. > > * unicast: just ping as normal the lower device (not bat0) IPv4 address or > (link local) IPv6 address > * multicast: just send from both sides an multicast ping. For example > ff02::1%wlan0 and check if the remote (not your own device) responds with a > unicast reply > > > As for originator and neighbours this can also be checked by batctl or > > proc file system. > > proc? If you have batman-adv entries in proc then you should definitely > upgrade. This was removed in 2010. > > Should this have been a question about where to find the originators and > neighbors table? And you can see this via "batctl meshif bat0 originators" > and "batctl meshif bat0 neighbors". The "meshif bat0" has to replaced with > "-m bat0" on older batctl versions. > > > Another question is there a breakdown of the meaning of the messages for > > > > $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/log > > > > The additional debug output is by default disabled. It can be enabled > > during run time. Following log_levels are defined: > > No idea what you want here. The help text already says what each message type > is about. If you don't know what a specific feature is then please check the > wiki [1]. > > > and what is the Flags here > > > > root@LiMe-a376eb:~# batctl tl > > [B.A.T.M.A.N. adv 2020.1-openwrt-2, MainIF/MAC: > > dummy0/aa:84:86:a3:76:eb (bat0/72:8b:cf:a4:00:77 BATMAN_IV), TTVN: 4] > > Client VID Flags Last seen (CRC ) > > 72:8b:cf:a4:00:77 -1 [.P....] 0.000 (0x1c349131) > > 50:3e:aa:06:6f:4d -1 [......] 0.280 (0x1c349131) > > 72:8b:cf:a4:00:77 0 [.P....] 0.000 (0x9243e316) > > cc:2d:e0:47:b3:56 -1 [......] 0.980 (0x1c349131) > > 72:8b:cf:a4:00:77 1 [.P....] 0.000 (0xdb7f9e31) > > The flags here are > > * 'R' BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ROAM > * 'N' BATADV_TT_CLIENT_NEW > * 'X' BATADV_TT_CLIENT_PENDING > * 'W' BATADV_TT_CLIENT_WIFI > * 'I' BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ISOLA > * 'P' BATADV_TT_CLIENT_NOPURGE > > And they are documented in the wiki [2] > > Kind regards, > Sven > > [1] https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Protocol_information > [2] https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/TT-Flags
