On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 12:29 +0000, David Goodenough wrote: > Using the iw command, most things can either be directed to a dev or > a phy, but a distance can only be set on a phy. > > This leads to problems as I do not know which phy is connected to a > dev (or at least I do not know how to find out which phy is connected > to a dev), and so in my Debian /etc/network/interfaces file I have:- > > iface wlan0 inet manual > pre-up iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh0 type mp > > iface mesh0 inet static > address 10.101.11.254 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > pre-up iw dev mesh0 set channel 153 > post-up iw phy phy0 set distance 3500 > up iw dev mesh0 mesh join MeshId > > so in the mesh0 stanza I have a reference to phy0 which is hard > coded and if it changes subject to error. > > So either I need to be able to set distance to dev mesh0, or have > some means or working out which phy corresponds to dev mesh0. I can easily allow you to invoke iw with the netdev rather than the phy, but the parameter would still be per phy. 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
