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>4. FAQ</H1
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>Some of these question/answers are from the <A
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>4.1. <A
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>If OLSRd fully RFC3626 compliant?</A
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>4.2. <A
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>Can I mix site-local and global IPv6 addresses?</A
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>The GUI front-end failed to compile...why?</A
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>4.4. <A
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>If there is multiply gateways present, how does
the mobile node conclude to use the nearest one?</A
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>I get OLSRd up and running - but the nodes
don't seem to <SPAN
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>If OLSRd fully RFC3626 compliant?</P
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>Yes. It even has implemented some of the extra
functionality mentioned in the RFC. See the <A
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>Can I mix site-local and global IPv6 addresses?</P
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>Yes. But keep in mind that they intentionally were not
designed to be used at the same time. The network topology can be
quite <SPAN
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>The GUI front-end failed to compile...why?</P
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>If there is multiply gateways present, how does
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>When a new gateway is detected, the Mobile Node checks the
distance (number of hops) to this newly discovered gateway
compared to the current gateway. If there is a shorter distance,
this new gateway becomes the current (default) gateway. See
section 12.6.2 in the OLSR RFC (<A
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>Most of the time this is a configuration error: Check
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>&#13; If using WLAN interfaces make sure the ESSID/key match.
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>&#13; Make sure the cards are set in <SPAN
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and not <SPAN
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>&#13; Make sure you are not blocking UDP/698. If using
netfilter run <TT
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>ip6tables -L</B
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> as root
to see what rules are set. <TT
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