[RFC 1/2] Support fixing the BSSID in IBSS mode.

[Antonio Quartulli]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:39:13 +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 06:52:34PM +0100, Nicolas Cavallari wrote:
> > When the "bssid=" option is set for an IBSS network and ap_scan = 2,
> > ask the driver to fix this BSSID, if possible.
> > 
> > Previously, any "bssid=" option were ignored in IBSS mode when ap_scan=2.
> 
> Thanks, applied both patches.
> 
> > Whould like to know if it is the right approach, driver-wise and
> > configuration-wise.
> > I'm not aware of any program specifying a BSSID when creating an IBSS
> > network, except NetworkManager that does it only when the user
> > requests it.
> 
> Well, this is not really the way IBSS is supposed to work, but since
> this type of hacks have been implemented in some drivers, we might as
> well support them in wpa_supplicant.

Actually I'm curious about this behaviour...if we have another IBSS with
ESSID=x and BSSID=y1 and we start a new IBSS with ESSID=x (the same) and a fixed
BSSID=y2 then the two cells will not join each other...
At this point, what is another new client supposed to do (if it has not fixed
BSSID)? join the first one? the second one? this maybe an already mentioned and
solved problem but actually this is not totally clear to me...does the ieee standard 
'allow' such scenario?


Cheers,

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Antonio Quartulli

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