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    docs: gluon-mesh-batman-adv: note regarding IGMP/MLD snooping switches · ff050a29
    Linus Lüssing authored
    This adds a warning that entprise switches with an IGMP/MLD snooping
    feature are not supported yet with IGMP/MLD filtering enabled.
    
    For this to work, firstly the Linux bridge on the Gluon node needs to
    support Multicast Router Discovery (RFC4286). But this feature was only
    added to the Linux kernel recently, in 5.1.
    
    Secondly, a Gluon node would need to periodically send "Multicast Router
    Advertisment" (RFC4286) messages, to "announce" the multicast router
    port setting on bridge port bat0.
    
    Thirdly, the IGMP/MLD snooping switches would need to implement
    RFC4286.
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