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Bridge GUI Guide: Monitoring
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5.8.3 FastPath Mesh Peers and Neighbors
All MP nodes on the FP Mesh network, including the current
MP, are shown in the
Peers frame of the Mesh Status screen.
MPs directly connected to the current MP are shown in
Neighbors.
For each MP of either type the Bridge GUI displays:
MAC Address - the MP’s Media Access Control address
Name - the MP’s hostname
Cost - the lowest cost associated in FP Mesh of reaching
the remote MP from the current MP
Path cost is additive by hops. The current Bridge has a
constant
Cost of 0 (zero). Wired interfaces cost much less
than wireless. A
Cost of 4,294,967,295 is “infinite”: the MP is
unreachable, a transient condition just before the MP
leaves the list. The greater the cost to a peer, the less
preferred is any route to or through that peer.
IP Address - the IPv4 address of the MP
IPv6 Addresses - all IPv6 addresses of the MP, including the
link local address, the RFC-4193 unique local address, and
any other user-configured or auto-configured global
addresses.
Figure 5.21.
Mesh Status
screen,
Peers
frame, all platforms
For each MP listed on Peers, under NMPs, the MAC addresses
of any connected Non-Mesh Points (devices on the peer MP’s
Access interface[s]) are shown.
Figure 5.22.
Mesh Status
screen,
Neighbors
frame, all platforms
For each of the current MP’s Neighbors, the number of
connected NMPs is displayed under
NMP Count, followed by
the
Interfaces over which the current MP is connected to the
neighbor. An MP can be connected to a neighbor over multiple
interfaces.
5.8.4 Multicast/Broadcast Forwarding
The three values that FP Mesh takes into account when
making multicast forwarding decisions—destination, source