[Click] Why there is "max_tries = 7" in send_probe of Ettstat.cc?

R Kuo chn.guorong at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 03:17:50 EDT 2011


When building a ettstat probe, the packet "tries" is set to 7:

...
ceh->rate = rate;
ceh->max_tries = 7;
...


But I think as a Broadcast frame is not being acked, there is no
re-transmitting for it. So why the 7 tries are set?


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