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[RFE] max_retry_band should also limit band steering BSS-TM requests #21

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@pafernanr

Problem

Devices that are 2.4 GHz-only but respond to BSS-TM requests with status_code=0 (accept) cause usteer to retry band steering indefinitely. This is common with cheap IoT WiFi stacks (Tuya/Beken, ESP-based) that blindly acknowledge BSS-TM without being capable of transitioning to 5 GHz. The result is persistent log spam on the AP for as long as the device is connected:

hostapd: phy0-ap0: BSS-TM-RESP 77:77:77:77:77:77 dialog-token=0 status-code=0
hostapd: phy0-ap0: BSS-TM-RESP 77:77:77:77:77:77 dialog-token=0 status-code=0
hostapd: phy0-ap0: BSS-TM-RESP 77:77:77:77:77:77 dialog-token=0 status-code=0
...  (repeats every ~2 seconds, indefinitely)

Proposal

Extend max_retry_band to also limit band steering BSS-TM requests: track a per-station retry counter, skip sending when the limit is reached, reset on disconnect.

This reuses an existing config knob with a sensible default (5), needs no new configuration, and is backward compatible — setting max_retry_band=0 preserves the current unlimited behavior.

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