Hi Javier,
Thanks for replying, answers in the text below.

> Envoyé : jeudi 2 mai 2013 21:37
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Jean-Pierre Tosoni <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > (...)
> > I can see the same behaviour here. Steps to reproduce are,
> 
> I am not sure the two problems are related given that David does not
> seem to be forcing topologies via iw block commands.
Indeed he is using iw...mpath del / new
But, doesn't it make the path change after the next path refresh timeout ?

> > 1/ set up two peers (A and B) normally
> > 2/ use iw on peer A to block peer B (iw wlan0 station set ...
plink_action
> > block
> >         => no frame is transmitted
> 
> Keep in mind that blocking is directional:  if you issue iw
> plink_action block on node A, only incoming traffic from B -> A will
> be blocked.
> In most cases you will also want to block A on node B.  Could you try
that?
I meant that after issuing the iw command on station A, and before issuing
it on station B, I was expecting a PLINK CLOSE going from A to B, but I do
not see any

> 
> > 3/ use iw on peer A to restore the link. A PEER OPEN is sent and nothing
> > else happens.
> 
> How do you restore the link?
With "iw wlan0 station set ... plink_action open" on station A  (where I
executed the block)


> 
> > (...)
> 
> >> 2 Another strange behavior that is repeated many times in my tests. A
> > network with 4 nodes in line  A-B-C-D  (A only has a B peer..., B has A
and
> > C as peers...),
> >
> > I am using the same kind of setup. To achieve this I am using iw ...
> > plink_action. How do you enforce the in-line topology ? Is there some
> other
> > way ?
> 
> We routinely test linear topologies like the one you describe by
> blocking traffic both ways. That should work.
Ah, thanks. That is what I am doing, I just wondered about any other way. I
saw that David uses mpaths, but there are timeouts involved, contrary to the
peer links.

Cheers,
Jean-Pierre 

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