Luis Carlos Cobo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm playing with the driver and mac80211 stack to get some ad-hoc-like > functionality. I am able to do a ping among two non-associated nodes, > but I get about 9 ping replys (i.e. 8 duplicates) for each ping > request. > > I found out the problem is that the frames are not being acked, so > they are retransmitted. I haven't found the code for retransmission > nor for ack generation, so I am not sure what do I need to do to make > the device generate acks.
We have not implemented ad-hoc before. The ACKs should be generated if the MAC address is set in the device. There is a function in zd_chip.c to do it. > At http://wireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/mac80211Issues > I found: > > "Johannes writes: > > In zd1211, we start with hwaddr = dev->wiphy->perm_addr which isn't > correct either, for a pure monitor mode we want to start with a zero mac > addr to avoid acking packets. Also, zd1211rw will end up having a NULL > hwaddr when a monitor interface is added, most likely segfaulting in > zd_write_mac_addr then." > > which leads me to think by default the node would issue acks... > > Any help or explanation of how ack generation works for the device > would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > -- > Luis Carlos Cobo Rus GnuPG ID: 44019B60 > cozybit Inc. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs -- Uli Kunitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
