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Re: 11n + wpa_supplicant

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On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 11:41 +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> >
> >  I would think that, indeed, it *is* its job since its job is
> >  key/algorithm selection and 11n limits the choices.
> >
> 
> depends on priorities, maybe the security selection should limit the
> 11n... IMHO, security should be in higher priority since the user
> explicitly said he wants TKIP
> 
> >  How about we simply put the 11n information element into the generic IE
> >  and have mac80211 use that?
> >
> 
> in mac80211 we perfectly know what the AP supports (in
> ieee80211_send_assoc, I can read the IEs from the AP) , that's no the
> issue here, the issue is what security alg the user will chose in the
> 4way. This decision affects the associate even though it occurs after
> the association

Ah, so you mean if the user chose TKIP then we should associate as a
legacy STA?

johannes

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