Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f179.google.com ([209.85.223.179]:37563 "EHLO mail-ie0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750957AbaESOaJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2014 10:30:09 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id rd18so2224480iec.10 for ; Mon, 19 May 2014 07:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:29:59 -0400 From: Bob Copeland To: Henning Rogge Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: 802.11s mode without HWMP Message-ID: <20140519142959.GB6198@localhost> (sfid-20140519_163013_495743_E599A789) References: <20140519131832.GA6198@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 04:14:36PM +0200, Henning Rogge wrote: > I want to force 802.11s only to connect to other stations one layer-2 > hop away. So no forwarding by intermediate stations. > > Does the "mesh_fwding" parameter maybe help? Or can I set a "TTL" for > the PREQ messages to 1? Ah, ok got it. Then yes, you are right, either of those approaches will disable forwarding. -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com