Is there a way to check/test which interface is being used when both mesh and Ethernet are connected?
On Tue, 2017-12-12 at 18:55 -0800, Carlito Nueno wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have nodes A, B, C and all are mesh.
>
> Node A is the exit node - connected via ethernet cable on eth0 and
> node B and node C are connected A via mesh.
>
> So, when I connected node C via ethernet, does it start using
> ethernet
> as backhaul or still keeping mesh.
AFAIK, there is still a bug that makes this not work.
You should not be connecting nodes via cable that can see each other
via mesh, unless you disable meshing via wireless.
> that is, when a client connects via wifi to node C, does the traffic
> go via option 1 or option 2?
>
> option 1:
> client wifi <--> node C <--> mesh iface <--> node A <--> router
>
> option 2:
> client wifi <--> node C <--> ethernet eth0 <--> router
the ideal would be to aggregate the links, use the best available, but
as I understand, there is a bug on batman-adv that makes this not work.
Regards,