From: Ferry Huberts Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:58:45 +0000 (+0200) Subject: arprefresh: update the readme X-Git-Tag: v0.9.0~58 X-Git-Url: http://olsr.org/git/?p=olsrd.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ed69928f268f61936aeec18b59dc3bcd71b73e3b;ds=sidebyside arprefresh: update the readme Signed-off-by: Ferry Huberts --- diff --git a/lib/arprefresh/README_ARPREFRESH b/lib/arprefresh/README_ARPREFRESH index f0a0ac08..4941d6af 100644 --- a/lib/arprefresh/README_ARPREFRESH +++ b/lib/arprefresh/README_ARPREFRESH @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ ARP REFRESH PLUGIN FOR OLSRD by Sven-Ola Tuecke --------------------------------------------------------------------- -This plugin listens to all received UDP packets and maintains an -internal list of MAC addresses extracted from these. By hitchhiking -the set-route-function, the kernel ARP cache will be refreshed from -this list if a direct-neighbor host route is configured. Result: -no more ARP lookups if you use a larger routing chain - e.g. fetch -a web site 8 olsr-hops away does not show the typical 8-nodes-need -to ARP first delay. +The plugin listens to all received UDP packets on port 698 and maintains +an internal list of MAC addresses extracted from these. The kernel ARP +cache will be refreshed from this list if a direct-neighbor host route is +configured. Result: no more ARP lookups if you use a larger routing +chain - e.g. fetch a web site 8 olsr-hops away does not show the typical +8-nodes-need-to-ARP first delay. +IPv4 only. +Does not support VLANs. --------------------------------------------------------------------- PLUGIN PARAMETERS (PlParam)