From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 10 08:13:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 143171065670; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:13:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from monthadar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com (mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C214D8FC0C; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbwd18 with SMTP id wd18so7070495obb.13 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:13:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=MUtzmfcA9qyBWqt9O4Pr3UPvPuODvwFMgMOGxzloW58=; b=lZFjcp7af64dCnz5sIA9DPnEnv1pQb7CRxKfPM4x43vAsAjoaA4l8NGcV3kg3TQej4 cDAy/IvZcHimlkckoIIk3Q/vDinOk79s25X5hVhxFx9/whE8if3LJO/uTAaQyK0sQNWr +BkWB+Zid7I0jxjlxdcluTo+gyEUO6MmerCbQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.193.229 with SMTP id hr5mr1432739igc.15.1326183182988; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:13:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.237.68 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:13:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:13:02 +0100 Message-ID: From: Monthadar Al Jaberi To: Adrian Chadd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kick mesh node X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:13:04 -0000 On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi, > > That sounds fine. > > On 9 January 2012 09:09, Monthadar Al Jaberi 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