On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:50:41 +0200, Stefan Rompf wrote: > Imagine an ESS consisting of several APs in a switched wired network. Client > roams from one AP to another. In order to update the FDB of the switches, a > packet with the client MAC address needs to be originated from the ethernet > interface of the AP the client has associated to, even if the client does not > create traffic at the moment.
Thanks for the explanation! I didn't thought about ESS when looking at that patch. If I understand it right, it's not necessary to send the XID Update frame for each added STA. Shouldn't there be a flag indicating if the frame needs to be send? Userspace knows that information. Thanks, Jiri -- Jiri Benc SUSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
