Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:44 PM, David Acker <dacker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It is a non-802.11s protocol that predates 802.11s development by quite
awhile. It runs over WDS links. In theory it could run over anything that
supports dynamic creation and destruction of WDS links.
So its a some sort of MadWifi-only hack?
Not at all. The algorithm runs in user space and has run over other
radio/driver combinations and even in networks of mixed radio types. I
don't see a problem with running it over ath5k. Basic functionality
should work fine.
The problem with switching to ath5k would be the loss of performance
related features (compression, fast frames, turbo), and some required
features (half/quarter rates are required for some channels on some
radios). Also, I don't know if ath5k will work on products based on
Atheros WiSOCs like Ubiquiti's PicoStation and Bullet. A lesser issue
(more of a pain for me than an ath5k issue) is that I have some
platforms that use an older kernel and moving up to a newer kernel will
have to be done without hardware vendor support.
-ack
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