IFF_RUNNING and SIOCGMIIPHY support

[Jean Tourrilhes]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:16:48AM -0500, shogunx wrote:
> Hi Jean,
> 
> > 	No, there is no routing involved. It's just that the
> > composition of your subnet may vary.
> > 	That's why 'iwspy' is designed the way it is.
> 
> Lets say we have a three node ad-hoc network.  10.0.0.1 can physically see
> 10.0.0.2.  10.0.0.3 can physically see 10.0.0.2.  10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.3
> cannot physically see each other.

	The IEEE 802.11 spec define a ad-hoc cell where all the nodes
can talk to each other (fully connected topology). 802.11 would not
support your example, you would end up with cell splitting (i.e. two
different BSSID).
	That's why HostAP offer WDS, where you can establish point to
point links and route between them. You can then use any routing
protocol you wish.

	Jean