Hi Sven,
thanks for the reply. I just saw it. Thanks for the info. I was afraid that this would be the case :)
Thanks,
Kostas
--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Sven-Haegar Koch <haegar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Sven-Haegar Koch <haegar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Blocking outgoing 802.11 ACKs
> To: "Kostas Pelechrinis" <kpele_ntua@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 7:00 AM
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Kostas Pelechrinis wrote:
>
> > I have two nodes communicating via their wireless
> interfaces. Let us
> > assume that node A sends packets to node B. Once node
> B is receiving
> > the packets, he transmits the 802.11 ACK frame. What
> I want to do is
> > to prevent node B from sending this ACK frames once
> every two packets
> > for example.
>
> iptables does not see 802.11 ACK frames, and depending on
> the used
> driver they are even invisible to the layers below IP, as
> they are
> generated/handled in hardware/firmware of the wireless
> interface.
>
> I do not see a "normal" way to block them beside
> modifying the wireless
> driver or mac80211 layer (if used by your driver).
>
> c'ya
> sven
>
> --
> The lights are fading out, once more...
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