From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:43361 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932306Ab1EXPku (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2011 11:40:50 -0400 Message-ID: <4DDBCE8C.5000608@gnu.org> (sfid-20110524_174103_039311_C11DE065) Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:28:12 -0400 From: Pavel Roskin MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: linux-wireless , hostap@lists.shmoo.com, Matt Smith Subject: Re: Initial automatic channel selection implementation References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/24/2011 08:48 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > I - Simple solution: > > * Look for the frequency in a band that has the less amount of BSSes > with the lowest link quality I think it would be better to consider every BSS, but use weights based on speed, whether it's an ad-hoc node or an AP, and possibly on the supported features (power saving etc). That algorithm may actually give acceptable results, even when there is traffic on all channels. Speaking of channels, I think only some channels should be eligible for automatic selection (that would be 1, 6 and 11 in the 2.4 GHz range). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin