From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: jpo234 <pommnitz@yahoo.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath5k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath5k: Put hardware in PROMISC mode if there is more than 1 stations.
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:28:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110304142814.GA3899@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D70F3CD.3040009@candelatech.com>
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 06:14:37AM -0800, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 03/04/2011 02:04 AM, jpo234 wrote:
> >| From: Ben Greear<greearb@...>
> >|
> >| It seems ath5k has issues receiving broadcast packets (ARPs) when
> >| using multiple STA interfaces associated with multiple APs.
> >| This patch ensures the NIC is always in PROMISC mode if there
> >| are more than 1 stations associated.
> >
> >Is this a band aid or a real fix?
>
> I don't know. It definitely makes things work, but it smells
> like a hack. Considering ath9k works fine, it must be something
> in the ath5k driver, but I can't see any other problems.
In opposite to ath9k, there is no possibility to set multiple sta
addresses in the ath5k hw. I'm not sure if multiple station virtual
interfaces have sense is such case.
Stanislaw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-04 14:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-03 22:39 [PATCH] ath5k: Put hardware in PROMISC mode if there is more than 1 stations greearb
2011-03-04 10:04 ` jpo234
2011-03-04 14:14 ` Ben Greear
2011-03-04 14:28 ` Stanislaw Gruszka [this message]
2011-03-04 15:52 ` Ben Greear
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