Return-path: Received: from plainfield.sei.cmu.edu ([192.58.107.45]:40864 "EHLO plainfield.sei.cmu.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752523AbbLPS5p convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:57:45 -0500 From: "Adam R. Welle" To: Bob Copeland CC: Johannes Berg , Ben Greear , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: RE: question on "mac80211_hwsim: support any address in userspace" Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:57:30 +0000 Message-ID: <2DE9F46DD36D2A458CD6347950113F2535C4C2@marathon> (sfid-20151216_195749_413142_CE8BDA62) References: <5670DA9A.4010102@candelatech.com> <1450257464.3159.1.camel@sipsolutions.net> <56716386.4070107@candelatech.com> <1450272308.8247.11.camel@sipsolutions.net> <567168AF.4060804@candelatech.com> <1450273362.8247.15.camel@sipsolutions.net> <2DE9F46DD36D2A458CD6347950113F2535C1ED@marathon> <20151216174602.GG4073@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20151216174602.GG4073@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > > I should note that I am passing these frames between virtual machines > > so the use of unique addresses (instead of hard-coded 0x42 addresses) > > as a key simplifies things when determining which radio transmitted a > > given frame and which radio needs to receive the frame. My app has > > always relied on the MAC address assigned by the user as a unique key > > across virtual machines. > > Sounds interesting - is this app open source? We intend for it to be but I am not sure how long it will take to make that happen. I told Johannes a few months ago that I was using mac80211_hwsim and a wmediumd-inspired app to train wireless pen-testing skills. I am using VMWare as the hypervisor and everything has been working pretty well. Adam --