Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:13:02 +0100 From: Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kick mesh node Message-ID: <CA%2BsBSoJZ6Nj-JyYAQv4XidEojQkcUwemuY2v80RB3tBcEqb93A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=ba6o7Uigto4L_YfZcy6eNaLAk=92vFFUkCnBGPSXUVQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BsBSoKsKmkq8endjkEQHBM_QTvQiqzn3grPriZ5C1aXZxBHOA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=ba6o7Uigto4L_YfZcy6eNaLAk=92vFFUkCnBGPSXUVQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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.. I think if mesh code has assoc/auth code case IEEE80211_M_MBSS would looks excatly like case IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP. > > > Adrian Btw, ifconfig man should be updated, there is a missing ACL command: mac:detach which is not described in the man page. -- Monthadar Al Jaberi
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