mac_addresses.rst



MAC addresses
Many devices don't have enough unique MAC addresses assigned by the vendor
(in batman-adv, each mesh interface needs an own MAC address that must be unique
mesh-wide).
Gluon tries to solve this issue by using a hash of the primary MAC address as a
45 bit MAC address prefix. The resulting 8 addresses are used as follows:

0: client0; WAN
1: mesh0
2: (unused)
3: wan_radio0 (private WLAN); batman-adv primary address
4: client1; LAN
5: mesh1
6: (unused)
7: wan_radio1 (private WLAN); mesh VPN