[CUWiN-Dev] CUWiN revision for HSLS

[David Young]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 02:39:26PM -0500, Bill Comisky wrote:
> 
> We want to switch our existing OSPF networks to HSLS.  Are there 
> recommendations from the list for a solid HSLS revision (or maybe the HEAD 
> of trunk is the latest/greatest)?  Are there any plans for a next 
> "official" release?  I'd like to switch our internal testbed and test it 
> out for a while before upgrading our networks, but just want to make sure 
> I pick a good candidate.

The HEAD of trunk is best.  There are no plans for an official release.
We do badly need to make one.

> Also, a question regarding HSLS and routing with multiple gateways.  The 
> location we were looking at for a 2nd gateway in Lawndale is, in fact, 
> receiving weak beacons from our 1st gateway.. though with about 95% packet 
> loss if you try to ping.  Can anyone anticipate any routing problems with 
> nodes that can see two gateways, one of which I anticipate will have a 
> poor routing metric?  What about gateways that can communicate with each 
> other directly, albeit poorly?

I think it's ok as long as ETX sets a very, very high metric---and it
certainly should with 95% packet loss! :-)

> Lastly, I seem to remember a post to the list about a fixed IP alias to 
> access the web interface from a connected client, but I can't find it.  Is 
> there one?

192.168.0.1, I believe.  I believe 'ipnat -l' will show you the redirect.

Dave

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