[Trac #1005] Ping failure in a 13 Node mesh (adhoc) scenario.

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#1005: Ping failure in a 13 Node mesh (adhoc) scenario.
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 Reporter:  rchokshi  |        Owner:  jcardona 
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  normal    |    Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  distro    |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:            |  
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Comment (by jcardona):

 luisca has a good theory for this:

 0. Consider that the lowest rate RREQs are sent @ 11Mbps.

 If

  1. a link degrades to the point that only works at R Mbps < 11Mbps
 AND
  2. at one point in time, a frame over that link fails to be transmitted

 Because of (2) the route is deleted.  And because (0) and (1), the route
 is never re-discovered.  Adding the route manually will restore the link,
 because rate adaptation will lower the tx rate to R.

 Suggested fix: modify route discovery to generate RREQs that go as low as
 1 Mbps.

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