Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 10:25 -0600, Tim Gardner wrote: > >>>> 3) roaming=0 - do not automatically roam to another AP with the same SSID. >>> Not really sure why this should be changed? Were there reported issues >>> with this behavior? >>> >> Its been my expereince that wireless drivers rarely make the correct >> decision about when or where to roam. It also seems like a policy >> decision that ought to be made elsewhere. >> >> Frankly, I'm not that concerned about the roaming option. The default >> for 'associate' was the one I _really_ wanted changed. I'll submit a v2 >> patch with just that change. > > Would that also turn off the spectrum-polluting continuous scanning > these cards do? :) > > johannes I've always thought that background scanning was a bad idea, especially when coupled with active probing. Its not practical to switch channels for a reasonable dwell time without having some impact on connectivity. rtg -- Tim Gardner timg@xxxxxxx www.tpi.com OR 503-601-0234 x102 MT 406-443-5357 -- 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
