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+/*
+ This file is part of libcapwap.
+
+ libcapwap is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ libcapwap is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with Foobar. If not, see .
+
+*/
+
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief conn_init
+ */
+
+#include
+
+#include "conn.h"
+#include "capwap.h"
+
+/**
+ * Basic initialization of a conn object
+ * @param conn conn object to initialize
+ */
+void conn_init(struct conn * conn)
+{
+ memset(conn,0,sizeof(struct conn));
+ conn->retransmit_interval=CAPWAP_RETRANSMIT_INTERVAL;
+ conn->max_retransmit=CAPWAP_MAX_RETRANSMIT;
+ conn->wait_dtls=CAPWAP_WAIT_DTLS;
+ conn->wait_join=CAPWAP_WAIT_JOIN;
+ conn->mtu_discovery=1;
+}
+
+