<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 17-nov-2011, at 14:30, Jouni Malinen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:38:52AM +0100, Dries Naudts wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">This is for a research project. The idea is that as soon as a STA associates with an AP, this AP notifies another AP (at that moment out of range for the STA) to also add the STA. I won't go into much detail, but the idea is to enable seamless mobility for the STA when moving between AP's.<br></blockquote><br>OK. Is this with or without security?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Currently, no security is needed.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><blockquote type="cite">Could this be extended for wireless network? Would it be straightforward to just add a call to the driver (via nl80211) in function "hostapd_ctrl_iface_new_sta" (ctrl_iface.c), or do you think there are any pitfalls?<br></blockquote><br>Well, you could do that if you do not care about security implications.<br>Though, you would need to transfer quite a bit more information than<br>just the MAC address of the station (e.g., supported TX rates, etc.).<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I managed to add a call to the driver (NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION ). The station is now added in the driver. Indeed, you need more than just the MAC address. For now, I use some default values for the other parameters. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your help!</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards, </div><div>Dries</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>-- <br>Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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