[Babel-users] able to ping to neighbor but no entry in routing table

Juliusz Chroboczek jch at pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr
Wed Mar 26 20:10:47 UTC 2014


> If I understood correctly, we should use addresses with netmask
> 255.255.255.255

Yes, although I recommend thinking in terms of prefix length instead
of netmask.

> But with this netmask, each device will think that it is the only IP
> in the adhoc network

No.  Every device will think it is the only device that's reachable
without a dynamically installed route -- the default "on link"
assumptions of the kernel will be disabled.

> How does babeld work in this case?

Very well.

-- Juliusz



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