On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 2011-07-29 7:22 PM, Helmut Schaa wrote: >>> >>> Since EAPOL frames are normal data frames they are treated by the rate >>> control algorithm as such. Thus it can happen that the rate control >>> algorithm chooses an inappropriate rate (minstrel_ht uses MCS rates for >>> example) for the 4-way handshake and under low signal conditions the >>> handshake may time out. >>> >>> To fix this issue always treat EAPOL frames the same as management >>> frames and send them with the lowest available rate. >> >> Have you tried preventing minstrel_ht from using EAPOL frames for probing >> different rates instead of forcing it to use the lowest rate? > > Nope. I'll give it a try soon. Felix, what rate is used by minstrel_ht if there are no statistics yet? MCS0? -- 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
