Greetings.
I can’t get m3p to work on the following configuration (a VMWare lab).
Host1 <(bridge)> R1 <=> R2 <(bridge)> Host2
R1 and R2 are ROS 4.11, hosts are just WinXP virtual machines.
R1 and R2 see each other as neighbors on the bridge interfaces. When I enable IP packing on bridges - only the traffic between R1 and R2 is compressed, but traffic between Host1 and Host2 passes uncompressed (says Wireshark). If I disable MNDP on the bridge interface - they don’t see each other as neighbors on the ethernet links.
How do I enable transparent compression between the hosts, preferably - without additional encapsulations?
Enabling routing is NOT an option for many reasons.
Furthermore, stability and reliability are key, so I’d prefer not to use beta versions of the software.