On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 11:33:18PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > >> Split-horizon is *disabled* on interfaces of type "auto", so if you want > >> split-horizon, you should manually set the interface type. > > > I'm not sure I get the meaning of "auto", then. Does it mean babeld will > > auto-detect the interface type (whenever possible, using e.g. netlink to > > look for a wireless interface), or is it just a generic interface type > > with safe defaults? > > Yeah, it's confusing. > > "auto" means that babeld will attempt detection of a wireless > interface. If it's successful, it will be identical to "wireless". If the > detection fails, the result is to be "wired" except for split horizon. > > I guess I'll define a new type "conservative" which corresponds to what is > done if the interface is not detected as wireless. Or do you have better > ideas?
Call it "type default" so that there is no preconception, and explain what it does in the man page?
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