#1635: WDS nodes are deleted after timeout
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 1 |
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Changes (by mrenzmann):
* patch_attached: 0 => 1
Old description:
> There is a problem with wds nodes which I didn't noticed until now
> because the last version I've tried was from May 2007. At that time it
> appears that madwifi-ng-refcount branch was merged which I suspect for
> the problem I'm writing here.
> The problem is that wds nodes are removed after some timeout if no
> packets are transferred between the two AP's. If one of them for example
> is stopped for some time the other deletes the node. As a result there is
> no way for them to see each other anymore until the wds vap is recreated
> again or the driver reloaded.
> I'm suspecting the ieee80211_timeout_stations() function in
> madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_node.c for that. There is no check if the node
> is wds and after the timeout has expired the node is removed.
New description:
There is a problem with wds nodes which I didn't noticed until now because
the last version I've tried was from May 2007. At that time it appears
that madwifi-ng-refcount branch was merged which I suspect for the problem
I'm writing here.
The problem is that wds nodes are removed after some timeout if no packets
are transferred between the two AP's. If one of them for example is
stopped for some time the other deletes the node. As a result there is no
way for them to see each other anymore until the wds vap is recreated
again or the driver reloaded.
I'm suspecting the ieee80211_timeout_stations() function in
madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_node.c for that. There is no check if the node
is wds and after the timeout has expired the node is removed.
Comment:
Please [wiki:DevDocs/SigningPatches sign off] your patch, so that it can
be committed after review.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/1635#comment:1>
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