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Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: add ap isolation support

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On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:30:02AM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2010-04-27 1:23 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:23:35AM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> >> This is used to configure APs to not bridge traffic between connected stations.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Is this useful?
> Yes, if you have an AP with lots of users that aren't expected to
> communicate with each other (e.g. only for internet access), it can save
> a lot of airtime by not forwarding every broadcast message emitted from
> any station.
> I'm sure there are a more situations where this can be useful.

Ah, OK -- I suppose that makes sense.

John
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