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Re: [RFC] mac80211 rx filter in mesh mode, rt2x00 mesh point operation

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Johannes, Ivo,

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:09 AM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 18:20 -0700, Javier Cardona wrote:
>> Ivo,
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > For rt2x00 this would turn into:
>> >        FIF_ALLMULTI | FIF_OTHER_BSS | FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS
>>
>> With the above configuration, will the rt2x00 device acknowledge 1)
>> unicast frames addressed to itself? 2) unicast frames addressed to
>> others? 3) none of the above?
>
> It should always only be (1), mac80211 might set OTHER_BSS if it (well,
> the user) wants to see traffic on the same channel from other BSSes.

Good.  My concern was that FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS would disable all
acknowledgments.  (I've seen some wireless hw with that behavior)

Thanks!


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Javier Cardona
cozybit Inc.
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