Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f172.google.com ([209.85.216.172]:39167 "EHLO mail-qc0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751331AbaESOpz (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2014 10:45:55 -0400 Received: by mail-qc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id l6so9177340qcy.3 for ; Mon, 19 May 2014 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20140519142959.GB6198@localhost> References: <20140519131832.GA6198@localhost> <20140519142959.GB6198@localhost> From: Henning Rogge Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 16:45:25 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20140519_164559_203985_177B2E14) Subject: Re: 802.11s mode without HWMP To: Bob Copeland Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Bob Copeland wrote: > 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. I will try both of them and see what the Mac80211 Monitor mode sees. But I have a second question, does the 802.11 mesh mode keep track which "end to end" mac address is behind which "mesh" mac address? If I bridge the mesh interfaces to an ethernet both will not be the same. Henning Rogge