On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, manisha s wrote:
hello, thanks for your explaination. So we can implement WDS without any
support from the firmware as done in HostAP code . HostAP code creates
virtual interface for each of added wds link and it has to be added into
bridge for correct operation . Am I right?
I think you are better off discussing HostAP features in the HostAP
mailing list. As for Orinoco driver, it supports several related but not
identical chipsets, only one of which supports Host AP mode (it's Intersil
Prism). If master (AP) mode is ever added to Orinoco, it's much more
likely to be support for tertiary firmware, which exists at least for two
of the supported chipsets (Intersil Prism and Agere/Lucent Hermes, not
sure about Symbol Spectrum24).
If you want working WDS, use HostAP or HermesAP. If you want WDS with
tertiary firmware on Intersil Prism, use linux-wlan-ng, but you'll need
some coding. Orinoco is not a good base for WDS work at the moment.
Here is one question . Suppose there are three APs A,B,C. A has
established wds links with B and C. When A's associated client wants to
talk with client of B then it will send packets to AP A. now how AP A
will know to where to forward packet? Does AP A will send packets to
both AP B and C using virtual interface or dircetly sends packet to AP
B?
Again, you are better off asking it on the HostAP list. My understanding
is that the forwarding is handled by the higher levels of the network
stack. WDS packets are transmitted through separate network interfaces
(e.g. wlan0wds0) corresponding to the established WDS links. There is
exactly one peer AP address for every WDS interface. It's up to the
bridging code to decide what packets to forward to which interface.
who makes decision to where to forward the packet ?bridge code or HostAP
driver? Or does each AP exchange list of associated clients among
themselves when making WDS links?
In case of HostAP, it's the bridge code (I think you can use even higher
levels, then it will be the routing table). I believe it's also true for
Intersil tertiary firmware. Although it's possible that some other
hardware APs can handle WDS internally.
Pavel Roskin <proski-mXXj517/zsQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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