Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of HowTo/bssidFix


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Jul 13, 2007, 8:04:05 PM (17 years ago)
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mcgrof
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  • HowTo/bssidFix

    v18 v19  
    1414== IBSS fix patch ==
    1515
    16 Here's a patch of what needs to get done for madwifi-0.9.3.1. This has been added as part of [wiki:Documentation/SupportedImages/baseline-2.2.ndz baseline-2.2.ndz]:
    17 
    18 {{{
    19 diff -Naur madwifi-0.9.3.1/net80211/ieee80211_node.c madwifi-0.9.3.1-ibss/net80211/ieee80211_node.c
    20 --- madwifi-0.9.3.1/net80211/ieee80211_node.c   2007-05-23 04:43:05.000000000 -0400
    21 +++ madwifi-0.9.3.1-ibss/net80211/ieee80211_node.c      2007-07-03 17:17:45.000000000 -0400
    22 @@ -53,6 +53,15 @@
    23  #include <net80211/ieee80211_var.h>
    24  #include <net80211/if_athproto.h>
    25 
    26 +static int ibss_grid = 1;
    27 +#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,52))
    28 +MODULE_PARM(ibss_grid, "i");
    29 +#else
    30 +#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
    31 +module_param(ibss_grid, int, 0600);
    32 +#endif
    33 +MODULE_PARM_DESC(ibss_grid, "IBSS hack based on SSID for large networks");
    34 +
    35  /*
    36   * Association id's are managed with a bit vector.
    37   */
    38 @@ -301,8 +310,25 @@
    39                 ni->ni_capinfo |= IEEE80211_CAPINFO_IBSS;       /* XXX */
    40                 if (vap->iv_flags & IEEE80211_F_DESBSSID)
    41                         IEEE80211_ADDR_COPY(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_des_bssid);
    42 -               else
    43 -                       ni->ni_bssid[0] |= 0x02;        /* local bit for IBSS */
    44 +               else {
    45 +                       /* XXX: If we're on a large network then hash the SSID
    46 +                        * instead of the MAC address to generate the BSSID.
    47 +                        * This ensures that nodes with identical SSIDs end
    48 +                        * up with identical BSSIDs, regardless of any
    49 +                        * timing bugs. We might be able to fix this for good
    50 +                        * elsewhere */
    51 +                       if(ibss_grid) {
    52 +                               int i;
    53 +                               printk(KERN_INFO "net80211: IBSS BSSID "
    54 +                                       "generation based on hash of SSID - "
    55 +                                       "temporary fix for large networks\n");
    56 +                               for(i=0; i<IEEE80211_ADDR_LEN;i++)
    57 +                                       ni->ni_bssid[i] = ni->ni_essid[i %
    58 +                                               ni->ni_esslen];
    59 +                       }
    60 +                       else
    61 +                               ni->ni_bssid[0] |= 0x02;/* local bit for IBSS */
    62 +               }
    63         } else if (vap->iv_opmode == IEEE80211_M_AHDEMO) {
    64                 if (vap->iv_flags & IEEE80211_F_DESBSSID)
    65                     IEEE80211_ADDR_COPY(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_des_bssid);
    66 }}}
     16Attached is a patch of what needs to get done for madwifi-0.9.3.1. This has been added as part of [wiki:Documentation/SupportedImages/baseline-2.2.ndz baseline-2.2.ndz] and [wiki:Documentation/SupportedImages/baseline-2.3.ndz baseline-2.3.ndz]