On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 06:47:00PM -0700, jt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Somebody asked me if it was possible to monitor wireless
> configuration change on 802.11 interfaces.
> Looking into the kernel, I noticed that RTnetlink was the
> prefered way to export events related to interface changes. So, I
> quickly hacked some RTnetlink Wireless Events, and it basically work
> the way I want.
>
> Now, I've got some questions :
> o Have I done it the right way ? Is there anything I forgot ?
> o Is there a way to do a reverse of SIOCGIFINDEX ? If you have
> an interface index, how do you get its name ?
> o Should I put the full interface name in the event ? That
> would make events larger but help query the interface when receiving
> the event.
> o Any other comments ?
>
> My plan is to continue experimenting with this patch a few
> days and collect comments, and then do a new update of Wireless
> Extensions with this patch.
> Regards,
>
> Jean
I'll probably get more comments if I attach the patch, isn't
it ?
Jean
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