On 03/04/2011 06:28 AM, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 06:14:37AM -0800, Ben Greear wrote: >> On 03/04/2011 02:04 AM, jpo234 wrote: >>> | From: Ben Greear<greearb@...> >>> | >>> | It seems ath5k has issues receiving broadcast packets (ARPs) when >>> | using multiple STA interfaces associated with multiple APs. >>> | This patch ensures the NIC is always in PROMISC mode if there >>> | are more than 1 stations associated. >>> >>> Is this a band aid or a real fix? >> >> I don't know. It definitely makes things work, but it smells >> like a hack. Considering ath9k works fine, it must be something >> in the ath5k driver, but I can't see any other problems. > > In opposite to ath9k, there is no possibility to set multiple sta > addresses in the ath5k hw. I'm not sure if multiple station virtual > interfaces have sense is such case.
There is an ssid-mask, and sending directed (layer-2 ethernet frames directly to/from the STA's MAC addresses) work fine. It's just ARP (and probably other broadcast or multicast) that fails to work, as far as I can tell. Since my patch only takes affect when there are more than one virtual station, I think it might be OK, even if it's a bit of a hack. Normal users won't see their NIC suddenly go promisc, for instance. Thanks, Ben > > Stanislaw -- Ben Greear <gree...@candelatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel
