Jouni, do you mean that I can't configure a separate rate for multicast frames? I thought that the rate bitmask was a way to tell the RC algorithm what rates to consider. Since multicast frames do not get acknowledged they are not subject to the automatic rate selection. In fact, I'm perfectly happy to leave the rate selection for unicast frames in the capable hands of Minstrel, but I need something better than 1Mb/s for multicast. The lowest data rate just isn't enough for live video feeds. What I need is a way to tell mac80211 to use one specific basic rate for broadcast and multicast. -- Regards Joerg ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ---- > Von: Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> > An: Joerg Pommnitz <pommnitz@xxxxxxxxx> > CC: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 8. April 2010, 21:43:49 Uhr > Betreff: Re: Any news regarding multicast rate configuration? > > On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 06:45:15AM -0700, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > sometime > ago I asked about a way to configure the multicast > data rate for > mac80211 based drivers. At the time the answer > was, that the groundwork > was in place but that this still > needed an API that would make this > feature accessible for > users. > Is there any progress in this > regard? What needs to be done? If you are fine with disabling the lowest > rates for both unicast and multicast frames, then yes, you should be able to > do this with NL80211_CMD_SET_TX_BITRATE_MASK. As an example, removing rates > 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps from the mask would make multicast frames go out at > 6 Mbps in case of 802.11g. -- Jouni Malinen > > PGP id EFC895FA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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
