On 2012-08-20 5:13 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:51:27 +0400 > Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hello dear all, >> >> please tell me, why in the WDS mode, the stack creates a new interface >> for each WDS station, and this interface hostapd adds to the parent AP >> interface bridge? Why we couldn't simply pass this frames via AP >> interface? > > You may want to use a completely different IP address and netmask on the > WDS interface. Using the AP interface would take away that option. > > hostapd is not a part of the kernel. It should be possible not to add > WDS interfaces to the bridge. It's not just that. If the WDS station communication were done over the AP interface, mac80211 would have to keep a table of which MAC address is reachable behind which WDS station, which is something that the bridge layer is supposed to do. I've seen such a design mistake in various drivers, and I've seen the weird quirks that this usually produces in more complex network topologies ;) - Felix -- 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
