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Re: 802.11s mode without HWMP

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Hi,

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Henning Rogge" <hrogge@xxxxxxxxx>
> À: "Bob Copeland" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Envoyé: Lundi 19 Mai 2014 16:14:36
> Objet: Re: 802.11s mode without HWMP
> 
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:00:53AM +0200, Henning Rogge wrote:
> >> Is there an easy way to stop HWMP in the 802.11s implementation?
> >

> I have an IP router connected via ethernet to a radio with a single
> wifi card, using the wifi card as a bridged radio. Its a great way to
> build routers with lots of Wifi links because you can mount the
> wifi-cards itself on the antenna and keep the router in a central
> place.
> 
> I don't want to use layer-2 forwarding in the mesh because this
> increases the broad-/multicast domain size and spams the available
> frequencies even more.

> 
> I want to force 802.11s only to connect to other stations one layer-2
> hop away. So no forwarding by intermediate stations.
> 
> Henning Rogge
> --

I'm curious, what are you using for your L3 mesh/can you give details on the network?

Thanks in advance
Etienne
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