From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: pass the WIFI flag from the local to global entry
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:47:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201207301147.03506.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120730092343.GF2578@ritirata.org>
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 ?
>
> 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).
>
> During this time period the client will be able to talk to the other WIFI
> clients even if the AP isolation is enabled
And why is this explanation not part of the commit message ?
Regards,
Marek
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-30 9:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-29 23:15 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: pass the WIFI flag from the local to global entry Antonio Quartulli
2012-07-30 7:59 ` Marek Lindner
2012-07-30 9:23 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-07-30 9:47 ` Marek Lindner [this message]
2012-07-30 10:07 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-07-30 10:12 ` Marek Lindner
2012-07-30 10:16 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-07-31 12:14 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv2] " Antonio Quartulli
2012-08-10 22:43 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH v3] " Antonio Quartulli
2012-08-22 0:03 ` Marek Lindner
2012-08-22 0:07 ` Antonio Quartulli
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