From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:60531 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753258AbXJJOgc (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:36:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] mac80211: store SSID in sta_bss_list From: Dan Williams To: Johannes Berg Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1192006959.12541.2.camel@johannes.berg> References: <11919737992212-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <1191973799635-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071010_010921_998777_FA0E0694) <1192006959.12541.2.camel@johannes.berg> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:36:43 -0400 Message-Id: <1192027003.9739.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20071010_153637_050055_FF31AD68) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:02 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 19:49 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > > From: John W. Linville > > > > Some AP equipment "in the wild" services multiple SSIDs using the > > same BSSID. This patch changes the key of sta_bss_list to include > > the SSID as well as the BSSID and the channel so as to prevent one > > SSID from eclipsing another SSID with the same BSSID. The "standard" (which is a stretch) was that only _one_ SSID can be broadcast in beacons, and the rest of the supported SSIDs must be hidden. Is that the case? Or is the AP you're referring to actually pushing out multiple beacons with different not-hidden SSIDs and the same BSSID? Dan