Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:43:39 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kick mesh node Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=ba6o7Uigto4L_YfZcy6eNaLAk=92vFFUkCnBGPSXUVQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BsBSoKsKmkq8endjkEQHBM_QTvQiqzn3grPriZ5C1aXZxBHOA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BsBSoKsKmkq8endjkEQHBM_QTvQiqzn3grPriZ5C1aXZxBHOA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, That sounds fine. On 9 January 2012 09:09, Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I dont know if this is the correct way to do it. > > if you run "ifconfig wlan0 mac:kick address" you will get Invalid > argument error because there is no code for MBSS. > > This is patch makes it possible to kick a mesh node, useful when for > example you have some entries left "dead" in your table awaiting node > reclaim timeout. > > Because there is no auth/assoc code for mesh I guess this is enough > (maybe we can try to send CLOSE LINK to the entry we kick so that it > updates its entries?): That also sounds like a good idea for a future project. I wonder if these ioctls should be broken out per-VAP.. Adrian
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