Set the beacon interval and DTIM period with the mesh join command:
iw <dev> mesh join <meshid> beacon-interval <time in TUs> dtim-period <value>
Signed-off-by: Marco Porsch <marco@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mesh.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mesh.c b/mesh.c
index 4fdad6a..958c2c0 100644
--- a/mesh.c
+++ b/mesh.c
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ static int join_mesh(struct nl80211_state *state, struct nl_cb *cb,
{
struct nlattr *container;
float rate;
+ int bintval, dtim_period;
char *end;
if (argc < 1)
@@ -405,6 +406,32 @@ static int join_mesh(struct nl80211_state *state, struct nl_cb *cb,
argc--;
}
+ if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[0], "beacon-interval") == 0) {
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+
+ bintval = strtoul(argv[0], &end, 10);
+ if (*end != '\0')
+ return 1;
+
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_INTERVAL, bintval);
+ argv++;
+ argc--;
+ }
+
+ if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[0], "dtim-period") == 0) {
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+
+ dtim_period = strtoul(argv[0], &end, 10);
+ if (*end != '\0')
+ return 1;
+
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD, dtim_period);
+ argv++;
+ argc--;
+ }
+
container = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MESH_SETUP);
if (!container)
return -ENOBUFS;
@@ -431,8 +458,9 @@ static int join_mesh(struct nl80211_state *state, struct nl_cb *cb,
nla_put_failure:
return -ENOBUFS;
}
-COMMAND(mesh, join, "<mesh ID> [mcast-rate <rate in Mbps>] [vendor_sync on|off]"
- " [<param>=<value>]*",
+COMMAND(mesh, join, "<mesh ID> [mcast-rate <rate in Mbps>]"
+ " [beacon-interval <time in TUs>] [dtim-period <value>]"
+ " [vendor_sync on|off] [<param>=<value>]*",
NL80211_CMD_JOIN_MESH, 0, CIB_NETDEV, join_mesh,
"Join a mesh with the given mesh ID with mcast-rate and mesh parameters.");
--
1.7.9.5
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