Just type "ip addr show" and you should need only one IP address for
your bridged interface.

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Chun-Yeow

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Akshay Jindal
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Yeoh for suggestions..
>
> I have mentioned about DHCP issue in my previous post.. Can you please see
> it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Mesh gate is the mesh STA with external network access, such as IEEE
>> 802.3 Ethernet.
>>
>> Bridge interface should only have one IP address for all the bridged
>> interfaces. You seems to have one for mesh interface and one for
>> bridge interface.
>>
>> Please note that 802.11s is working on L2 level or MAC level, not IP.
>>
>> Suggest you take a look on this wiki:
>> https://github.com/o11s/open80211s/wiki/HOWTO
>>
>> You should able to find a lot of info there.
>>
>> Hope this help.
>>
>> ---
>> Chun-Yeow
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Akshay Jindal
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > What is the difference between mesh gate and bridge?
>> >
>> >
>> > Interfaces file:
>> >
>> > auto lo
>> > iface lo inet loopback
>> >
>> > iface eth0 inet manual
>> >
>> > allow-hotplug wlan0
>> > iface wlan0 inet manual
>> >     wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>> >
>> > allow-hotplug wlan1
>> > iface wlan1 inet manual
>> >     wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>> >
>> >
>> > I have manually assigned IP addresses to mesh nodes..
>> >
>> > for example mesh5 (not mesh gate)
>> >
>> > ifconfig wlan0 down
>> > iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh5 type mp mesh_id testmesh
>> > ifconfig mesh5 10.0.0.5
>> >
>> > If I have new node in the mesh network and I would like to dynamically
>> > assign 10.0.0.* address to its mesh interface as soon as it turn on then
>> > do I need to run DHCP server on mesh gate or any mesh node?
>> >
>> > But as I mentioned in my previous posts, there is already one DHCP
>> > server
>> > running on 192.168.1.1 and it is also assigning some 192.168.*.* ip
>> > address
>> > to mesh node which I only see when I ping some external node..
>> >
>> > Please clear my concepts if I am lacking into it.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Akshay Jindal
>> > <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Yeoh,
>> >>
>> >> Router ---(wired)---mesh node 1 (mesh1)-----(wireless)----mesh node
>> >> 2(mesh2)
>> >>
>> >> DHCP server is running on router (192.168.1.1). I have created bridge
>> >> between eth0 and mesh1 interfaces in order to setup mesh node 1 as mesh
>> >> gate.
>> >>
>> >> I have assigned bridge br0 with 10.*.*.* address.
>> >>
>> >> brctl addbr br0
>> >> brctl stp br0 off
>> >> brctl addif br0 eth0
>> >> brctl addif br0 mesh1
>> >> ifconfig mesh1 down
>> >> ifconfig eth0 down
>> >> ifconfig mesh1 0.0.0.0 up
>> >> ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
>> >> ifconfig br0 10.0.0.1
>> >>
>> >> routing table for mesh1:
>> >>
>> >> Desination     Gateway        Genmask     Iface
>> >> 0.0.0.0          192.168.1.1    0.0.0,0          br0
>> >> 10.0.0.0         0.0.0.0           255.0.0.0      br0
>> >> 192.168..0.0   0.0.0.0           255.255.0.0  br0
>> >>
>> >> As of now, I am not running any DHCP server on mesh node 1.. I have
>> >> manually configured IP addresses of mesh nodes.
>> >>
>> >> Suppose mesh2 address is 10.0.0.2 and if it ping 8.8.8.8 and its
>> >> routing
>> >> table has entry for router (192.168.1.1).
>> >> then in wireshark, it shows other address assigned to this mesh2 i.e.
>> >> 192.168.1.*
>> >> It is because DHCP server running on router and it is assigning address
>> >> to
>> >> mesh2. But how is this happening?
>> >>
>> >> If mesh2 ping mesh1 then it has 10.0.0.2 ip address. Why IP address is
>> >> changing if it is going outside the mesh network?
>> >>
>> >> Do we need entry for router (gateway) in the routing table..? because
>> >> if I
>> >> delete this entry then it does not ping any external node.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks..
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow
>> >> <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> How your router connected to the mesh gate or mesh node? wired or
>> >>> wireless?
>> >>>
>> >>> 192.168.*.* network and DHCP server that you mentioned is facing your
>> >>> mesh network?
>> >>>
>> >>> Please note that o11s working on L2 mesh. If you have a DHCP client on
>> >>> the mesh interface, it should be able to get the IP address from the
>> >>> DHCP server facing your mesh network.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Akshay Jindal via Devel
>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> > Hi All,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I request you all to help me in some doubts as mentioned below. I am
>> >>> > trying
>> >>> > to access internet from mesh point for scenario:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > mesh point ------>mesh gate or mesh node---->router----->Internet
>> >>> >
>> >>> > mesh point are 10.*.*.* network and router is 192.168.*.* network.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I read the how to and also referred some posts on devel group but I
>> >>> > didn't
>> >>> > understand the difference between bridge and mesh gate. Please
>> >>> > explain?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > If I setup bridge as given in HowTo then I am facing some issues
>> >>> > like
>> >>> >
>> >>> > DHCP server running on router is setting IP address for mesh point
>> >>> > (not
>> >>> > connected via ethernet). However I have manually configured IP
>> >>> > address
>> >>> > for
>> >>> > all nodes. If I ping 8.8.8.8 from mesh point (10.*.*.*) then source
>> >>> > IP
>> >>> > address becomes 192.168.*.* (observed in wireshark). But if I ping
>> >>> > any
>> >>> > mesh
>> >>> > node which is also 10.*.*.* network then source IP address does not
>> >>> > change.
>> >>> > Is this happening because of bridge?
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > If there is no bridge between mesh node and router but they are
>> >>> > connected
>> >>> > via ethernet then I can also ping internet by just setting proper
>> >>> > routes in
>> >>> > routing table. What does this exactly mean?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > As of now I have manually configured IP addresses for nodes. Is it
>> >>> > possible
>> >>> > to dynamically assign addresses to nodes? Do I need to run DHCP
>> >>> > server
>> >>> > on
>> >>> > one of the mesh node?
>> >>> > Or DHCP server running on router can assign addresses to all nodes
>> >>> > (if
>> >>> > bridging)?
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Thanks and Regards,
>> >>> > Akshay
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>
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