broadcast frames

Brian Pomerantz bapper at piratehaven.org
Tue Aug 26 15:55:53 EDT 2003


On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:43:35PM -0700, Brian Pomerantz wrote:
> I didn't see anything on this in the list archives.  I'm seeing
> broadcast/multi-cast frames sent out when there isn't a station
> associated to the AP.  The attached patch appears to fix this problem,
> though I'm not certain it is completely correct.  WDS still works and
> I don't see broadcasts when there isn't a station associated.
> 

Sorry, forgot the context switch, here it is again.


BAPper
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Index: hostap_hw.c
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RCS file: /cvs/hostap-pollen8/driver/modules/hostap_hw.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.2
diff -c -r1.1.1.2 hostap_hw.c
*** hostap_hw.c	30 Jul 2003 00:42:08 -0000	1.1.1.2
--- hostap_hw.c	26 Aug 2003 19:52:13 -0000
***************
*** 1657,1662 ****
--- 1657,1668 ----
  			/* AP client mode: send frames with foreign src addr
  			 * using 4-addr WDS frames */
  			use_wds = WDS_COMPLIANT_FRAME;
+ 		} else if (!local->ap->num_sta) {
+ 			/*
+ 			 * There are no stations, get the hell out!
+ 			 */
+ 			ret = 0; /* drop packet */
+ 			goto fail;
  		}
  	}
  


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