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On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 04:14:36PM +0200, Henning Rogge wrote:
>> I want to force 802.11s only to connect to other stations one layer-2
>> hop away. So no forwarding by intermediate stations.
>>
>> Does the "mesh_fwding" parameter maybe help? Or can I set a "TTL" for
>> the PREQ messages to 1?
>
> Ah, ok got it.  Then yes, you are right, either of those approaches will
> disable forwarding.

I will try both of them and see what the Mac80211 Monitor mode sees.

But I have a second question, does the 802.11 mesh mode keep track
which "end to end" mac address is behind which "mesh" mac address? If
I bridge the mesh interfaces to an ethernet both will not be the same.

Henning Rogge
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