Re: [DNA-BOF] BoF Last Call on DNA WG Charter.

[Bernard Aboba <aboba@internaut.com>]

> Do you have any pointer on how multiple BSSIDs are calculated on a
> single AP ?

The BSSID needs to be unique, so it's assigned, not calculated.

>   >One of the consequences  of this is that a host can change points of
>   >attachment and not know that it is connected to the same physical AP.
>   >
> But is this really a problem ?
> If the MN changes point of attachment, it should generate a Link Up. The
> fact that the new point of attachment is the same physical AP or not is
> not important to determine if it is the same access network, since the
> two point of attachments may use different IPv6 prefixes.

It doesn't matter for L3 purposes, but it does matter for L2, because the
station and AP may not know that they potentially share a key in the key
cache.