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Hi

I've noticed that during roaming triggered by detection of a significantly
better AP in wpa_supplicant that mac80211 calls netif_carrier_off and then
netif_carrier_on when associated with the new AP.

Does this have any detrimental impact on applications using the wifi
connection or is the assumption that as long as the roam happens in a
reasonable time then applications should tolerate it?

Just wondering if signalling the netif_carrier_off only when the current AP
is lost and there is no immediate alternative AP for the network available
was considered?

Thanks
Mark


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