On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 22:22 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote: > On 2011-05-31 10:06 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 21:39 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote: > >> On 2011-05-31 9:32 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > >> > On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 21:16 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote: > >> >> When a STA entry is created too early, a lot of essential information > >> >> required for rate control is missing. > >> > > >> > I don't understand how you can rely on beacons for WDS. > >> You usually set up WDS links between APs on the same channel, each > >> running both a normal AP vif and a WDS vif. The remote AP's beacons are > >> then used to detect the capabilities of the peer. > > > > I don't think we can rely on "usually" unless we also enforce that > > somehow. Otherwise this link will basically be dead. There's nothing > > that requires you to add WDS to an AP interface only after all. > I don't think using WDS without APs makes any sense. Since WDS alone > does not use beacons or probe requests, there's nothing else that would > ensure that rate information, HT capabilities, etc. get exchanged. I just don't like the fact that you can create a non-functional WDS interface by adding it when there's no AP interface. johannes -- 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
