/32 subnet

[Outback Dingo]

hrmm honestly, isnt this the same as AP separation on the AP itself?? using
say

 option isolate  1 in both openwrt and i believe dd-wrt it essentaily does
the same thing if im not mistaken

though on the other hand i guess i could see it for server based chilli
access controllers

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Thomas Liske <liske at ibh.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the basic idea behind the attached patch is the following:
>
> On a hotspot, normaly you don't want to allow client to client
> communication (everybody should have access to the internet and be somehow
> protected from other hotspot users) - especially for the windows dhows.
>
> This patch adds a new configuration option "noc2c" (no client 2 client
> communcation). With this option enabled, the DHCP offers supplies a /32
> netmask. Doing this would prevent any hotspot client to communcate with
> anybody, even the default gateway. Therefore it adds a static route for the
> default gw as an connected route. This prevents (windows) clients doing any
> broadcasts on the hotspot network and reach any other hotspot client
> (default gateway must not route any pakets coming from a hotspot client to
> any other hotspot client). It would be great if somebody could test it with
> additional clients, Win XP works as expected.
>
> Any comments on the patch are welcome ;)
>
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>
>
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