From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from goliath.siemens.de ([192.35.17.28]:16272 "EHLO goliath.siemens.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750753Ab0C2NGi (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:06:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4BB0A5B1.9090003@siemens.com> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:05:53 +0200 From: Marco Porsch MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: iw station del broken? References: <4BB0A16A.7080400@siemens.com> <1269867487.4131.28.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: <1269867487.4131.28.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Johannes Berg schrieb: > On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 14:47 +0200, Marco Porsch wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> is it just me or is 'iw dev station del ' broken? >> > > No ... we decided a while ago that station manipulation in mesh was too > hard to support and removed it. > > What's the use case anyway? > > johannes > The use case is that, if I have some mesh points in a single room or one a small floor, I can simply give them a topology by removing the links between the STA, I do not wish to be directly connected. Removing the links means 'iw dev set mesh_param mesh_auto_open_plinks 0', which blocks building up new peering links, and then removing some links with 'station del'. Hmpf.. I used this feature quiet often... Regards, Marco