If the architecture profession carried on the way engineers do the world would be full of buildings with no interior walls or floors. You sound like a 1950s British trades unionist calling his men out on strike over demarcation. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nelson, David [mailto:dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 11:45 AM > To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip; ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Please make sure that you do not run your WLAN > in ad hoc mode > > Phillip Hallam-Baker writes... > > > I think that what we should do is to send the IEEE 801.b/g group a > > polite letter pointing out that if our people here at the > IETF cannot > > figure this stuff out then their less technically astute customers > might > > be having some trouble as well. > > I don't believe this is an 802.11 problem. That group > standardizes PHY and MAC (up to Layer 2) protocols. The > usability problems with 802.11 networks are in the device > drivers, operating systems and configuration applications. > It would be more effective to send mail to Microsoft, Apple, et. al. > > > > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf