On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:33:31PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2008 11:34 PM, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> wrote:
> > The BSSID generation as a hash from SSID does not sound like something
> > that would match the requirements of IEEE 802.11 11.1.6 ("a number
> > selected in a manner that minimizes the probability of STAs generating
> > the same number") since it is actually maximizing that probablity for
> > the case of same SSID ;-).
>
> Heh, good catch :)
FWIW, that wouldn't be the first time we (i.e. Linux) chose to do
something that did not completely comply with a standard. If it
interoperates with other equipment and is good for users, I don't
think picky standard compliance is worthwhile.
Please note that I am not really taking a stand in favor of this ATM,
only asserting that blind standard compliance is not a good reason
to NAK it IMHO.
John
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