On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 11:33 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > From: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > When you try to create an IBSS network with a lot of nodes > you typically end up with split networks due to the fact that > some nodes for one reason or another end up not listening to > beacons from the node others do with a higher TSF. What ends > up happening is you split the IBSS network and these do not > converge. To address this you can force the BSSID as well as > the SSID but if you just want to specify the SSID you can > use the ibss_merge knob to force an IBSS merge by focing the > BSSID to be based on the passed SSID. > > Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ivan Seskar <seskar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Ivan, I think this is what you were looking for but an alternative to this > problem is to specify the BSSID every time you want to create your own large > IBSS network, this would mean that its a requirement and also means we > acknowledge a limitation by IEEE's adhoc definition. Is there any reason > forcing a BSSID on the experimenter is not an equally good solution? Even setting "fixed-bssid" is acknowledging that already, but I really see no reason for this to live in the kernel. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
