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On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:47:03AM +0200, Marek Lindner wrote:
> On Monday, July 30, 2012 11:23:43 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> >   On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 09:59:16AM +0200, Marek Lindner wrote:
> > > On Monday, July 30, 2012 01:15:30 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> > > > in case of client roaming a new global entry is added while a
> > > > corresponding local one is still present. In this case the node can
> > > > safely pass the WIFI flag from the local to the global entry
> > >
> > > And why would we want that ?
> >=20
> > To let the AP-isolation work. If a client is known to be WIFI and we do=
 not
> > "pass" this flag on roaming, we end up in a state where this client is =
not
> > marked as WIFI anymore (even if it should be).
> >=20
> > During this time period the client will be able to talk to the other WI=
FI
> > clients even if the AP isolation is enabled
>=20
> And why is this explanation not part of the commit message ?

Because it is left as exercise for the reader ;-)
Actually I didn't mention it because the Ap-Isolation part is a "consequenc=
e".
What this patch wants to fix is an issue in the client entry state consiste=
ncy,
regardless of the semantic of such state.

Anyhow, if you think it is worth adding it, I will do that.

Cheers,

>=20
> Regards,
> Marek

--=20
Antonio Quartulli

=2E.each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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