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A wild guess, but with bridge_loop_avoidance and network_coding enabled,
maybe you hit a bug.
I would suggest to test with the default settings and see if that works?

- - mwarning

On 09/27/2014 01:55 PM, Nishant Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have a batman-adv mesh network with 10 nodes (4 gateways) running on
> Attitude Adjustment in a large warehouse (100,000 sq. ft.).
> 
> The problem occurs during peak hours when around 60 clients (laptops +
> desktops) are connected, network slows down or grinds to a halt and
> latency hits the roof. Ping starts dropping within LAN.
> 
> The problem occurs during the peak hours when all the stations are
> connected and even if we plug two computers directly to the core switch
> we get high latency and ping drops.
> 
> Main applications used on the network are Windows File Share, RDP and
> browsing.
> 
> Hardware used is ALIX2 with Atheros cards (Wistron DNMA92 - AR922x
> chipset) using ath9k module.
> 
> Following are the relevant configurations:
> 
> batman-adv:
> config 'mesh' 'bat0'
>         option 'interfaces' 'adhoc0'
>         option 'aggregated_ogms' '1'
>         option 'ap_isolation' '0'
>         option 'fragmentation' '0'
>         option 'log_level' '7'
>         option 'orig_interval' '5000'
>         option 'bridge_loop_avoidance' '1'
>         option 'distributed_arp_table' '1'
>         option 'network_coding' '1'
>         option 'gw_mode' 'server'
>         option 'gw_bandwidth' '100mbit/100mbit'
>         option 'bonding' '1'
> 
> network:
> _snip_
> config interface 'wan'
>         list ifname 'eth1'
>         list ifname 'bat0'
>         list ifname 'wlan0'
>         option proto 'dhcp'
>         option type 'bridge'
>         option hostname 'hopmesh-HB000DB9303058'
> 
> config interface 'mesh'
>         option mesh 'bat0'
>         option proto 'batadv'
>         option mtu '1546'
> 
> wireless:
> config wifi-device  radio0
>         option type     mac80211
>         option channel  6
>         option hwmode   11ng
>         option path     'pci0000:00/0000:00:0c.0'
>         option htmode   HT20
>         list ht_capab   SHORT-GI-40
>         list ht_capab   TX-STBC
>         list ht_capab   RX-STBC1
>         list ht_capab   DSSS_CCK-40
>         # REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:
>         option disabled 0
>         option country 'US'
>         option txpower '27'
> 
> config wifi-device  radio1
>         option type    mac80211
>         option channel 165
>         option hwmode   11ng
>         option path     'pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0'
>         option htmode   HT40-
>         list ht_capab   SHORT-GI-40
>         list ht_capab   TX-STBC
>         list ht_capab   RX-STBC1
>         list ht_capab   DSSS_CCK-40
>         # REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:
>         option disabled 0
>         option country 'US'
>         option txpower '27'
> 
> config wifi-iface 'wlan0'
>         option device   radio0
>         option ifname   wlan0
>         option network  wan
>         option mode     ap
>         option ssid     blahssid
>         option encryption 'psk2+tkip+ccmp'
>         option key      'blahblah'
> 
> config wifi-iface 'wmesh'
>         option device 'radio1'
>         option ifname 'adhoc0'
>         option network 'mesh'
>         option mode 'adhoc'
>         option ssid 'blahssid'
>         option bssid 'AE:XX:B2:90:XX:XX'
>         option key '1'
>         option key1 's:blahkey'
> 
> 
> We have bridged "wan" with "bat0" so that stations could get IP from our
> main DHCP server for the network.
> 
> Could it be the ARP or OGM messages flooding the network which chokes
> the backhaul?
> 
> Any pointers would be much appreciated. I would be visiting the
> warehouse again tomorrow.
> 
> Thanks & regards,
> Nishant
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