Hello, linux-wireless. I have an idea that I'd like to get some feedback from you all. I admit this idea is weird/flawed/broken and seemingly useless, but I do have a practical application in mind, so please hear me out. Imagine two physical locations, site 1 and 2, that are well outside of normal wifi range of each other. Each site has a device that listens for a subset of wifi frames and then sends them over a distribution network to its counterpart at the other site. Each device will also re-transmit frames received via the distribution network. Let's call these devices listener1 and listener2. Each site also contains one client device that wants to form an ad-hoc network with the one in the other site. Assuming that listener1 and listener2 are configured to forward frames having a TA belonging to the client device in their site, is it feasible for these devices to form an ad-hoc network with the help of the listener devices? I do have a proof-of-concept in the works. It's not quite right yet, but some things seem to work (sorta). I welcome any comments, including those that call my sanity into question. Thanks! += Erik Elmore -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
