From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp3-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.3]:26860 "EHLO smtp3-g21.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751435AbaESTia convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2014 15:38:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 21:38:28 +0200 (CEST) From: etienne.champetier@free.fr To: Henning Rogge Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <546412005.18351359.1400528308190.JavaMail.root@zimbra65-e11.priv.proxad.net> (sfid-20140519_213833_285018_3E71F7BF) In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: 802.11s mode without HWMP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, ----- Mail original ----- > De: "Henning Rogge" > À: "Bob Copeland" > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > Envoyé: Lundi 19 Mai 2014 16:14:36 > Objet: Re: 802.11s mode without HWMP > > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Bob Copeland > wrote: > > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:00:53AM +0200, Henning Rogge wrote: > >> Is there an easy way to stop HWMP in the 802.11s implementation? > > > I have an IP router connected via ethernet to a radio with a single > wifi card, using the wifi card as a bridged radio. Its a great way to > build routers with lots of Wifi links because you can mount the > wifi-cards itself on the antenna and keep the router in a central > place. > > I don't want to use layer-2 forwarding in the mesh because this > increases the broad-/multicast domain size and spams the available > frequencies even more. > > I want to force 802.11s only to connect to other stations one layer-2 > hop away. So no forwarding by intermediate stations. > > Henning Rogge > -- I'm curious, what are you using for your L3 mesh/can you give details on the network? Thanks in advance Etienne