Any patch available for this?

On 14 February 2013 00:46, Javier Cardona <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ajay,
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Ajay Parida <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I am working with linux kernel 3.6.0.
> > On a secured mesh network of 4 nodes, I want to block the direct path
> from
> > MAP to MPP.
> > For this I am using command
> >  "iw dev mesh0 station set <mac address of MPP> plink_action block" at
> MAP.
> >
> > But I am not getting expected result, I am still finding the direct path
> > from MAP to MPP in my dumps.
> >
> > The same thing is perfectly working with a mesh network in open mode.
> >
> > What could be the issue?
>
> In an open mesh, the kernel handles the sta's state transitions, and
> you may use iw to send "actions" to the in-kernel state machine that
> trigger state changes.
>
> In a secure mesh, the in-kernel state machine is disabled and authsae
> is directly setting the sta states and all action requests from user
> space are ignored.
>
> So, a way to block a station would be to extend authsae to allow you
> to set a sta in PLINK_BLOCKED state. See the function
> set_plink_state() in linux/meshd-nl80211.c
> Alternatively, one could modify iw to detect that the mesh is secure
> and in that case send a NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_STATE instead of a
> NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_ACTION message.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
>
>
>
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> Javier Cardona
> cozybit Inc.
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