Re: [PATCH 02/13] o11s: (nl80211/cfg80211) support for mesh interfaces and set_mesh_cfg command

[Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com>]

On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 01:18 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> However, maybe I don't understand the mesh ID well enough yet, can you
> maybe explain in a few sentences where it is used and what for?

The mesh ID works as the SSID for mesh networks, on mesh beacons/probes
SSID is set to the wildcard value to avoid interfering with non-mesh
STAs.

An MP only opens a peer link with a neighboring mesh peer if you have
the same mesh configuration. This mesh configuration is composed by the
mesh ID and path discovery protocol/metric/congestion control IDs. Once
the link is open the mesh ID is not included in the frames. Let me know
if you want more info.

It might be a good idea as you suggest in another thread to refuse to
change the mesh id for running interfaces as it would make a lot of
information stale, will consider it.

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