Am Samstag, 30. Juli 2011, 21:28:10 schrieb Jouni Malinen: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 07:22:17PM +0200, 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. > > I don't think that this should be applied for the reasons given (and > alternative mechanisms proposed) in the discussion. Agreed, I'll do some more tests with Felix suggestion to prevent minstrel_ht from rate sampling on EAPOL frames. John, please drop this one. Thanks, Helmut -- 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
