From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
To: Holger Schurig <hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mac80211 regression: doesn't associate automatically
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:22:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1195806137.12961.9.camel@dv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200711230906.10441.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de>
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 09:06 +0100, Holger Schurig wrote:
> I actually think that while it's not associated, it should
> periodically try to associcate with what's currently defined
> (e.g. ESSID, fixed AP mac, key settings etc).
What you are asking for is roaming in the kernel. Orinoco relies on
roaming in the firmware. MadWifi implemented it in the kernel code, but
it's a heavily over-engineered piece of software and shouldn't be an
example for the kernel drivers.
wpa_supplicant gives you roaming in the userspace. There are some other
roaming agents available. Having similar code in the kernel is
debatable, but please realize that you are asking for a feature, not
reporting a bug.
wpa_supplicant may be what you need to solve your roaming problems,
although it doesn't play well with Fedora scripts, and I don't know if
any distro gets networking right.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-23 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-22 8:12 mac80211 regression: doesn't associate automatically Holger Schurig
2007-11-22 13:05 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-22 13:26 ` John W. Linville
2007-11-23 0:23 ` Pavel Roskin
[not found] ` <47462A72.8010303@wetwork.net>
2007-11-23 1:26 ` Pavel Roskin
2007-11-23 8:06 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-23 8:22 ` Pavel Roskin [this message]
2007-11-23 9:03 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-26 15:34 ` Dan Williams
2007-11-22 14:14 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-22 14:41 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-22 15:05 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-22 15:13 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-22 15:43 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-22 15:41 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-22 15:46 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-22 15:58 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-23 12:15 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-22 16:19 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-22 20:32 ` Will Dyson
2007-11-23 8:44 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-23 12:48 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-23 19:34 ` Will Dyson
2007-11-23 20:22 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-23 12:46 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-23 13:23 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-24 21:36 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-24 22:39 ` Will Dyson
2007-11-25 10:53 ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-26 7:27 ` Holger Schurig
2007-11-22 15:45 ` Holger Schurig
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