[Babel-users] Babel-users Digest, Vol 5, Issue 3

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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Disable wired optimisations (Juliusz Chroboczek)
>    2. Re: Disable wired optimisations (Gabriel Kerneis)
>    3. Re: Disable wired optimisations (Gabriel Kerneis)
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> Sujet:
> [Babel-users] Disable wired optimisations
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> Juliusz Chroboczek <Juliusz.Chroboczek at pps.jussieu.fr>
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> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:37:41 +0100
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> I've just added a new flag, -w, to Babel, which can be used to disable
> the optimisations for wired networks.  If Babel is invoked with -w, it
> will use the wireless algorithm on all interfaces, which means that:
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>   - the hello interval will not be increased;
>   - link quality information will be performed normally;
>   - split-horizon will be disabled.
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> This flag is recommended if you're running Babel on bridge interfaces
> with an underlying wireless interface.  In any case, it won't do any
> harm, except slightly increasing the amount of traffic on wired
> interfaces.
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> This is completely untested, so feedback would be appreciated.
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>                                         Juliusz
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> Sujet:
> Re: [Babel-users] Disable wired optimisations
> Expéditeur:
> Gabriel Kerneis <kerneis at enst.fr>
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> Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:43:00 +0100
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> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 07:37:41PM +0100, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
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>> I've just added a new flag, -w, to Babel, which can be used to disable
>> the optimisations for wired networks. 
>>
>> This is completely untested, so feedback would be appreciated.
>>     
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> I activated it (I almost always use babel over a wireless interface) and
> I'll let you know if it solves the issue I had when using Babel over
> OpenVPN (ie. freeze after some time).
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> Regards,
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> Sujet:
> Re: [Babel-users] Disable wired optimisations
> Expéditeur:
> Gabriel Kerneis <kerneis at enst.fr>
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> Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:35:47 +0100
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> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 10:42:59AM +0100, Gabriel Kerneis wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 07:37:41PM +0100, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>>     
>>> I've just added a new flag, -w, to Babel, which can be used to disable
>>> the optimisations for wired networks. 
>>>
>>> This is completely untested, so feedback would be appreciated.
>>>       
>> I activated it (I almost always use babel over a wireless interface) and
>> I'll let you know if it solves the issue I had when using Babel over
>> OpenVPN (ie. freeze after some time).
>>     
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> Nope, I still get the connection freezing from time to time. The tunnel
> seems to stay up, I can see some packets with tcpdump, but I have no
> default route (and no DNS by the way). Can't explain it...
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Juliusz,

I hope to be able to test these changes in the weekend.

best Regards,