Hi, Thomas
Yes. I will take a look on this.
Hi, Cedric
Both the 2 mesh gates, only MeshGate1 has interface bridged to
Ethernet and MeshGate2 has "no" interface bridged to Ethernet, am I
right?
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Chun-Yeow
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Thomas Pedersen <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> + o11s-devel, Chun-Yeow
>
> For once I don't think this regression is my fault :)
>
> $ git log master-2012-06-08...master-2012-09-07 --oneline
> net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
> 4bd4c2d mac80211: clean up mpath_move_to_queue()
> 2c53040 net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions
> bdcbd8e mac80211: clean up debugging
> 7ebfa46 mac80211: fix and improve mesh RANN processing
> 728b19e {nl,cfg,mac}80211: implement dot11MeshHWMPconfirmationInterval
> 3fbf4b7 mac80211: implement the proactive PREP generation
> a69cc44 mac80211: implement the proactive PREQ generation
> 35b3fe1 mac80211: Rename stainfo variable for the more common sta
> e3f5d16 mac80211: Remove unused variable
>
> Chun-Yeow, can you please take a look at the PREQ forwarding logic in
> the context of Cedric's problem?
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Cedric VONCKEN <cedric.voncken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> My test Platform is:
>>
>> LAPTOP_A ---------------- MeshGate 1 ---------------- MeshGate2
>> 192.168.3.1 192.168.3.252 192.168.3.253
>> 08:00:27:c1:bf:06 Wistron_aa:41:ed Wistron_aa:40:a8
>> Acksysco_00:2d:ef
>>
>> The meshgate2 have a mesh interface and a lan interface bridged
>> together, and IP address is set on the bridge.
>>
>> If I run a ping from LAPTOP_A to MeshGate2 and on the same time, I
>> launch the following mesh initialization script
>> iw phy phy0 interface add wlan0 type mp
>> iw wlan0 set channel 36
>> ifconfig wlan0 up
>> iw wlan0 mesh join cvtest
>> brctl addif br-lan wlan0
>>
>> In this case, I get no response from the ping.
>> I spied the wireless with airpcap and wireshark:
>> A PREQ frame is sent from the mesh gate but the "sta target"
>> field is not set with the other mesh gate. In this frame, the "sta
>> target" field is set to the destination mac address (Acksysco_00:2d:ef).
>>
>> I don't have this default with compat-2012-06-14.
>> I have this default with compat-2013-01-07 and compat-2012-09-07
>>
>> I attach a wireshark capture with the default. The frame #49 is PREQ
>> with field target sta address set to MAC address of LAPTOPB.
>>
>> Do not hesitate to request more information or new test, if necessary to
>> understand the default.
>>
>> Any help will appreciate.
>> Best regards.
>>
>> Voncken cedric
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas
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