From: Jouni Malinen (jkmaline_at_cc.hut.fi)
Date: 2002-06-28 08:15:00 UTC
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 06:13:04PM +0530, Manjunathan PY wrote:
<well, nothing>
Yes.
(sorry, couldn't resist ;-)
What kind of roaming? One method would be to use Linux bridge code and
disable direct packet bridging in the Host AP driver
(ap_bridge_packets=0). This would allow stations to roam between
multiple APs using the same IP address (and rely on bridge code to
find out where each MAC address is). Another option would be to use DHCP
to assign different IP addresses at each AP and use IP routing. One
could also use Mobile IP (e.g., with FA in each AP). There are also
other ways of supporting roaming and yes these can be implemented with
Host AP driver.
I haven't yet implemented IAPP so old AP will not get information about stations moving to another AP (this is why ap_bridge_packets should be disabled), but this could be added at some point to speedup possible connectivity delayes during handoff (e.g., when two stations are using the same AP and are sending packets to each other while one moves to another AP).
-- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA