From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from nbd.name ([88.198.39.176]:48987 "EHLO ds10.nbd.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752779Ab0DZXaE (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:30:04 -0400 Message-ID: <4BD621FA.1000405@openwrt.org> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:30:02 +0200 From: Felix Fietkau MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: add ap isolation support References: <1272324216-73349-1-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <20100426232332.GA2079@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20100426232332.GA2079@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2010-04-27 1:23 AM, John W. Linville wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:23:35AM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote: >> This is used to configure APs to not bridge traffic between connected stations. >> >> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau > > Is this useful? Yes, if you have an AP with lots of users that aren't expected to communicate with each other (e.g. only for internet access), it can save a lot of airtime by not forwarding every broadcast message emitted from any station. I'm sure there are a more situations where this can be useful. - Felix