[Tinyos-devel] Sniffer

[Matt Welsh]

We might want the apps to be separate in case down the line we add  
functionalty to one of the apps so they are not so identical (for  
example timestamping the reception in the sniffer).

On Jul 5, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Chieh-Jan (Mike) Liang wrote:

> Just my two cents. What if we have just one application, and the  
> user can include the flags they want in the Makefile? Since  
> CC2420_NO_ADDRESS_RECOGNITION has been added, it seems to me the  
> code for both SnifferCC2420 and BaseStationCC2420 are (almost)  
> identical. Maybe I am missing something?
>
> Thank you
>
> Mike
>
> David Moss wrote:
>> Any objections to making a SnifferCC2420 application separate from  
>> BaseStationCC2420?  Or should we just leave well enough alone?
>>  SnifferCC2420:
>> ·         Does not acknowledge anything
>> ·         Address recognition is disabled so it receives all packets
>> ·         Takes on the behavior that BaseStationCC2420 has right now
>>  BaseStationCC2420:
>> ·         Acknowledges packets
>> ·         Address recognition is enabled
>> ·         Point is to serve as a simple gateway between the PC and  
>> the rest of the network.
>>   Of course, one could create a third application out of either  
>> one of these, where address recognition is disabled and software  
>> acknowledgements are enabled.
>>  -David
>>    
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