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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">I am trying to implement WMN(Wireless
Mesh Network) using HostAP.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p>WMN is composed of stations and
APs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">In WMN, AP has two wlan cards.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">One is for AP only(master mode). The
other is for WDS. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">I will not use ethernet card in
AP.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">WDS functionality of HostAP is limited
to one hop. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">But, I want to use ad hoc routing
function for multi-hop WDS.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">Data flow example: Source STA => AP
(WDS) AP (WDS) AP => Destination STA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">I am examining HostAP source code to
clarify WMN implementation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">But, I</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">¡¯</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=±¼¸²><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">m not sure for possibility of
WMN implementation using HostAP. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">I want to get comments about this
issue.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">Any comment is good.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=±¼¸²><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">(architecture,
important point, difficulty, etc)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">Thanks and
Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=±¼¸² size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ±¼¸²">HyeongSeok
Kim<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><!--EndFragment--> </BODY></HTML>