[Olsr-dev] algorithm to generate BSSID from SSID and channel

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jun 29, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Markus Kittenberger wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <(spam-protected)> wrote:
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> On Jun 29, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Markus Kittenberger wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <(spam-protected)> wrote:
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>> Here's our idea for a standard algorithm for generating a static BSSID
>> based on the SSID and the channel.  Aaron suggested using the channel
>> directly in the BSSID to lower the risk of conflicts.  Basically,
>> networks with the same BSSID on different channels will work,
>> yes but many devices will actually connect to each other on such a setup.
>> of course with quite bad reception as the channel is wrong,
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>> (in the lab with afair some bulelts this worked up to an offset of 15mhz!)
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>> -> use different BSSID
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>> Markus
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> Do you have a suggestion how to do this in an algorithm?
> just encode the channel into the bssid
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> btw i just meant do not use the same bssid for different channels,..
> (which is what aaron suggested to avoid conflicts) and which you comemnted, with "basically it would work"
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> so i felt it might be a good idea, to tell what kind of conflicts/issues you get with the same BSSID.
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> this btw is also a reason to NOT use the same CA:FE BA:BE bssid for different channels

I'm confused.  The proposal I sent already includes the channel in two bytes of the generated BSSID.  Am I missing something?

.hc

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