Re: IBSS issues

["Alina Friedrichsen" <x-alina@gmx.net>]

Hi Sujith!

> I am seeing some strange behavior in IBSS mode with current
> wireless-testing.
>=20
> Scenario:
>=20
>  * Create a new cell using ath9k.
>  * Wait for a while to do a background merge scan run.
>  * Join the cell from another peer ( say, using ath5k ).
>  * Station dump in peer1 1 doesn't show the new peer right away.
>  * The merge runs are not supposed to happen if a cell has more than =
one
> peer.
>    It didn't happen before, but it keeps running repeatedly now.
>  * Ping from peer2 to peer1 doesn't go through - peer1 to peer2 works
> though.

The strange thing is after the ping from peer1 to peer2, the ping from =
peer2 to peer1 works too. The same is if I start tcpdump on peer1. Afte=
r stopping tcpdump it keeps working. Looking...

> I identified one bug, where the timestamp in the beacon template was =
not
> updated.
> Patch below. But it doesn't fix the issue.

The TSF of the beacon is setted by the hardware automatically, so to wr=
ite it in the template is not needed.

Regards
Alina

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Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh=F6rt? Der kann`s mit all=
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