Re: [Madwifi-devel] IBSS testing and vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid use

[Benoit P. <ben...@fr...>]

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bruno randolf a écrit :
> hi benoit!
> 
> i tried to reproduce that problem on trunk (r3091) by following exactly the 
> steps you described. i can see that router2 sends beacons with the wrong 
> bssid after it got power cycled, but router1 doesn't go thru a merge so it's 
> beacon contents are not updated and it keeps up the old (correct) bssid from 
> router3. after a few beacons router2 merges with router1 and uses the correct 
> bssid (of router3).

Correct.

> 
> so i think what you describe is related to the way you generate new beacons 
> every time, even if it's contents do/should not change.

Correct.

> 
> anyhow, as i said, i appreciate your effort to clear up the bssid issue and i 
> think that's the right way to go.
> 
> bruno

In fact, beacons are correct, but since ni_bssid is used somewhere else
(maybe you fixed it in trunk already, i've not merge two of your
changes), Probe Response and some Data packets use the NEW bssid.

Regards,
Benoit
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