Re: --resend-on-iif status

On Friday 04 June 2004 16:32, Karel Rericha wrote:
> Tom Marshall wrote:
> > It seems to me that detecting interfaces by name is a Very Bad Idea.
> > There
> > should be (if there is not already) a way to detect wireless devices
> > without
> > relying on the device name.  The wireless extension code manages.
>
> Agreed, that's why it is against my mind to use it. I expect that the
> whole "--resend-on-iif" idea is not
> about bounding this functionality to wireless only interfaces, but to
> allow let user decide which interface
> needs retransmit packets back (interfaces for physical devices where
> individual stations are not allowed
> to transmit packets directly on physical layer are good example).
>
> Hoping the patch will be easy and Bart or others will find a time to
> make it soon.

Is there any reason to make the decision to retransmit on the same interface 
on a per-packed basis? I mean, wouldn't it be better to just make it a bridge 
option per bridge port?
Implementing something like this with ebtables will be hairy because the 
packets that need to be retransmitted need to be marked somehow, which would 
mean some fooling around with the skbuff members (the nf_bridge member isn't 
necessarily available).

cheers,
Bart



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