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    batman-adv: Snoop DHCPACKs for DAT · b61ec31c
    Linus Lüssing authored
    In a 1000 nodes mesh network (Freifunk Hamburg) we can still see
    30KBit/s of ARP traffic (equalling about 25% of all layer two
    specific overhead, remaining after some filtering) flooded through
    the mesh. These 30KBit/s are mainly ARP Requests from the
    gateways / DHCP servers.
    
    By snooping DHCPACKs we can learn about MAC/IP address pairs
    in the DHCP range without relying on ARP. This patch is in preparation
    to eliminate the need for mesh wide message flooding for IPv4 address
    resolution.
    
    Also this allows to quickly update a MAC/IP pair at least in the DHT when
    DHCP reassigns an IP address to a new host.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSimon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
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