On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 09:58 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 09:43 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > Fix it then. Offer an implementation of your superior solution. > > I just don't think that this patch is a solution because it means that > we'll be connected to the AP forever, without knowing anything is wrong, > if the AP can reach us but we can't reach the AP (maybe because we have > a good Intel card with great sensitivity). > > Sure -- it's possible to factor in transmit status reports (but remember > that not all hardware gives those reliably) or do things on a different > schedule etc. But as long as nobody wants to really improve things I > don't see why we should take the regression and _remove_ the current > behaviour. > > johannes It is ok to send probes every minute or so, but not each second, and probes must be retried. Because of these probes, wireless literally reconnects every 5 seconds, here, and I am 10 meters from the AP. Maxim -- 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
