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Re: [PATCH 02/13] o11s: (nl80211/cfg80211) support for mesh interfaces and set_mesh_cfg command

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On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 08:51 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > the same mesh configuration. This mesh configuration is composed by the
> > mesh ID and path discovery protocol/metric/congestion control IDs. Once
> > the link is open the mesh ID is not included in the frames. Let me know
> > if you want more info.
> 
> We don't have settings for the other control IDs yet, or did I miss
> them?

Those settings are in the struct ieee80211_if_sta. We are just
hardcoding the values on route initialization, since we just support one
path protocol and link metric.

> Another, off-topic in this thread, question: How is beaconing defined
> for a mesh point? Is it similar to how it works in an IBSS?

According to the draft you can choose IBSS-like beaconing (wait a small
random time before sending the beacon and don't send it if you hear it
first) or AP-like beaconing.

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Luis Carlos Cobo Rus       GnuPG ID: 44019B60
cozybit Inc.


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