Better documentation of mcast_to_unicast option
This option is useful for Wifi bridge but need some tweak. Document it from kernel patches documentation Signed-off-by: Bastien Roucariès <rouca@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Controls whether a given port will replicate packets using unicast
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Controls whether a given port will replicate packets using unicast
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instead of multicast. By default this flag is off.
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instead of multicast. By default this flag is off.
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This is done by copying the packet per host and
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changing the multicast destination MAC to a unicast one accordingly.
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.BR mcast_to_unicast
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works on top of the multicast snooping feature of
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the bridge. Which means unicast copies are only delivered to hosts which
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are interested in it and signalized this via IGMP/MLD reports
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previously.
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This feature is intended for interface types which have a more reliable
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and/or efficient way to deliver unicast packets than broadcast ones
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(e.g. WiFi).
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However, it should only be enabled on interfaces where no IGMPv2/MLDv1
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report suppression takes place. IGMP/MLD report suppression issue is usually
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overcome by the network daemon (supplicant) enabling AP isolation and
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by that separating all STAs.
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Delivery of STA-to-STA IP mulitcast is made possible again by
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enabling and utilizing the bridge hairpin mode, which considers the
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incoming port as a potential outgoing port, too (see
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.B hairpin
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option).
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Hairpin mode is performed after multicast snooping, therefore leading to
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only deliver reports to STAs running a multicast router.
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.BR "neigh_suppress on " or " neigh_suppress off "
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.BR "neigh_suppress on " or " neigh_suppress off "
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Controls whether neigh discovery (arp and nd) proxy and suppression is
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Controls whether neigh discovery (arp and nd) proxy and suppression is
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