Feature #128
closedmake batman-advanced a multicast-aware layer 2 switch
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Description
So far, multicast destinations with mac-addresses 01:00:5E:xx:xx:xx (ipv4-multicast) and 33:33:xx:xx:xx:xx (ipv6-multicast) get broadcasted over the whole mesh network. Every node should be able to learn which hosts joined or left a multicast group by snooping on IGMP (for IPv4) and MLD (for IPv6). BATMAN-nodes should then be able to reduce the overall bandwidth created by multicasts as they could be directed to their destinations.
Updated by Linus Lüssing about 15 years ago
Just adding a link to some first thoughts we had about multicasting in batman: http://krtek.asta.uni-luebeck.de:8080/meutewiki/MetaMeuteMesh/BATMAN-Adv-Multicast. More discussions welcome :).
Updated by Anonymous over 13 years ago
- Category set to 2
- Assignee deleted (
Anonymous)
Updated by Linus Lüssing over 13 years ago
- Assignee set to Linus Lüssing
- % Done changed from 0 to 70
Updated by Simon Wunderlich about 13 years ago
- Status changed from New to Closed
this is currently not beeing worked on.
Updated by Sven Eckelmann almost 8 years ago
- Target version set to 2014.2.0
Mark it fixed in 2014.2.0. But the second iteration of the multicast support (usable with bridges) is actually only available since 2016.3