On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:59:05AM +0200, bruno randolf wrote: > the current code in wireless-testing uses SWBA not to send beacons but to keep > track of the next beacon time NBTT. this is necessary to work around certain > hardware limitations. once configured, the beacons are sent automatically by > the hardware at the right time. of course it would be possible to change the > code to generate a new beacon at every SWBA but as long as the beacon > contents don't change very often i don't see the point of doing so. In AP mode, beacon payload changes for _every beacon_ unless you use DTIM Period of 1. In order to make power saving work correctly, the drivers need to update the beacon data for every beacon. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
