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Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] mac80211: check if HT40+/- is allowed before sending assoc

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On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 07:29 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 03:48:56AM -0700, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 02:41 -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > > We weren't checking this at all.
> > 
> > The question is whether we really want that. In other places, we trust
> > the AP, why not here as well?
> 
> Its not about trust its also about if it will logistically make sense, for
> example you simply cannot use HT40- on channel 11 if yuo don't have
> a channel 7. The NO_HT40- would indicate this to us so we don't bother.
> The example I give is lousy as its not something that would occur usually
> but with 5 GHz and regulatory rules changing things could be a bit
> different.

Yeah, good point. That's why we need to disassoc from the AP if we
definitely cannot support it -- we cannot change the APs opinion of our
HT40 capabilities. Of course, when we start out not supporting it we can
tell it we don't do HT40.

johannes

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