On Sep 19, 2014 9:07 PM, "Ashish Gupta" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <[email protected]> wrote: > >> PS - Is there a specific reason to it not working with changed MAC > >> addresses and preset mesh IDs ? > > > > It should not have any problem if you change the MAC address of your > > mesh interface provided you are using two different WiFi chipset. > > > > For preset mesh ID, you probably need to do "iw <mesh interface> set > > channel ....". Otherwise, I think that it will default to channel 1. > > Okay , thank you. I will keep this in mind for later experiments. > > I was wondering about the mesh gate and possibly using an internet > connection over the mesh. As far as I understand it, someone in the > mesh will have to perform a NAT and forward IP packets to and from the > interface connected to the internet/access point/router. Is this > already possible ? And can I achieve this without the mesh gate or is > that a recommended requirement?
If you are talking about gate announcement or active path selection protocol, it is not necessary. But it could speed up the path selection for peer mesh STAs since path always available. You have two choices either NAT (L3) or bridging (L2) your mesh gate to internet access. --- Chun-Yeow
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