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Re: Mode selection in mac80211

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On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:32 -0400, Mike Kershaw wrote:

> I'd vote for allowing the user to set a mode - just like they're
> allowed to lock an AP association to a specific MAC, bypassing the
> hardware roaming algos.
> 
> I've hit situations in the past where a card can get a very weak 11g
> link but a perfectly usable 11b link, and the hw did not want to drop
> back to 11b on its own.  Being able to lock to 11b only was key.  

Actually, what you're advocating sounds like "please let me restrict the
bitrates to use" rather than "please lock me to a mode". And we need
that functionality anyway for AP mode.

johannes

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