[Olsr-users] DLEP Radio test: Can mac80211_hwsim help?

[Henning Rogge]

Hi,

you could just compile a OON executable and use the nl80211-listener
and the layer2-viewer to see what information you get from the
interface.

Looks like it would work together with DLEP.

Henning

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Vigneswaran R <(spam-protected)> wrote:
> On 12/15/2014 02:24 PM, Henning Rogge wrote:
>>
>> Which means you get a wifi, but it delivers no metadata you could get into
>> DLEP.
>>
>> So someone would need to extend 80211 hwsim to allow setting nl80211
>> metadata parameters that can be queried through the normal interfaces
>> later.
>
>
> Ok. Now, I am getting the following information (after running hostapd on
> one interface and wpa_supplicant on another interface).
>
> $ iw wlan0 station dump
> Station 02:00:00:00:01:00 (on wlan0)
>     inactive time:    68 ms
>     rx bytes:    962
>     rx packets:    10
>     tx bytes:    528
>     tx packets:    4
>     tx retries:    0
>     tx failed:    0
>     signal:      -30 dBm
>     signal avg:    -30 dBm
>     tx bitrate:    1.0 MBit/s
>     rx bitrate:    9.0 MBit/s
>     authorized:    yes
>     authenticated:    yes
>     preamble:    short
>     WMM/WME:    no
>     MFP:        no
>     TDLS peer:    no
>
> $ iw wlan1 station dump
> Station 02:00:00:00:00:00 (on wlan1)
>     inactive time:    7108 ms
>     rx bytes:    75246
>     rx packets:    1350
>     tx bytes:    1009
>     tx packets:    10
>     tx retries:    0
>     tx failed:    0
>     signal:      -30 dBm
>     signal avg:    -30 dBm
>     tx bitrate:    9.0 MBit/s
>     rx bitrate:    1.0 MBit/s
>     authorized:    yes
>     authenticated:    yes
>     preamble:    long
>     WMM/WME:    no
>     MFP:        no
>     TDLS peer:    no
>
> ref:
> <http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=tree;f=mac80211_hwsim/tests/0001-wpa2-psk;h=2881fa22390d3c7bd7b0045cfd2360cd8b638826;hb=HEAD>
>
>
> Vignesh
>
>>
>> Henning
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Vigneswaran R <(spam-protected)>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 12/15/2014 01:21 PM, Henning Rogge wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> what do you get as output with "iw <hwsim-wlan> station dump" for a
>>>> simulated interface?
>>>
>>>
>>> Not getting any output for the above command.
>>>
>>> However, 'iw wlan1 info' gives the following output.
>>>
>>> Interface wlan1
>>>      ifindex 74
>>>      wdev 0x100000001
>>>      addr 02:00:00:00:01:00
>>>      type managed
>>>      wiphy 1
>>>
>>> Vignesh
>>>
>>>
>>>> Henning
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Vigneswaran R <(spam-protected)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can mac80211_hwsim module be used for simulating Radio device for DLEP
>>>>> test?
>>>>>
>>>>> Just modprobe'ing the module created/simulated two wireless interfaces.
>>>>> I
>>>>> am
>>>>> exploring this further.
>>>>>
>>>>> ref: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/mac80211_hwsim
>>>>>
>>>>> Vignesh
>>>>>
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