From: Helmut Schaa <hschaa@suse.de>
To: Holger Schurig <hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>,
"Dan Williams" <dcbw@redhat.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: notify the user space about low signal quality
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:25:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200809161125.57593.hschaa@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200809161050.41482.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de>
Am Dienstag, 16. September 2008 10:50:41 schrieb Holger Schurig:
> That would mean that you can use the Quality still for a
> decision "Should I do a background scan or not?". But you cannot
> use it for a decision "Should I switch to this AP or not?".
Agreed. After the scan was triggered (based on whatever indicators) the
decision is up to the supplicant once the scan results arrive. AFAIK it
currently uses max_rate, signal_level and signal_quality (beside the security
flags when multiple networks are defined).
Helmut
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-16 9:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-15 12:16 More thoughts about roaming Helmut Schaa
2008-09-15 12:29 ` [RFC] Implement basic background scanning Helmut Schaa
2008-09-15 14:32 ` Michael Buesch
2008-09-15 14:40 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-15 15:59 ` Johannes Berg
2008-09-15 16:35 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-16 8:43 ` Kalle Valo
2008-09-16 9:10 ` Johannes Berg
2008-09-16 9:20 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-16 11:06 ` Johannes Berg
2008-09-16 9:15 ` Tomas Winkler
2008-09-15 12:35 ` [RFC] mac80211: notify the user space about low signal quality Helmut Schaa
2008-09-15 14:07 ` Dan Williams
2008-09-15 14:34 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-15 15:28 ` Dan Williams
2008-09-15 16:45 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-16 1:21 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-09-16 7:41 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-16 8:07 ` Kalle Valo
2008-09-16 8:12 ` Johannes Berg
2008-09-16 8:55 ` Kalle Valo
2008-09-23 18:21 ` John W. Linville
2008-09-16 8:00 ` Kalle Valo
2008-09-16 7:57 ` Kalle Valo
2008-09-15 15:10 ` Holger Schurig
2008-09-15 15:19 ` Dan Williams
2008-09-16 8:25 ` Kalle Valo
2008-09-16 8:50 ` Holger Schurig
2008-09-16 9:25 ` Helmut Schaa [this message]
2008-09-16 9:32 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-16 10:23 ` Holger Schurig
2008-09-15 15:17 ` Holger Schurig
2008-09-16 7:53 ` Kalle Valo
2008-09-15 12:41 ` [RFC] wpa_supplicant: trigger a scan if signal quality is low Helmut Schaa
2008-09-15 13:59 ` More thoughts about roaming Dan Williams
2008-09-15 14:18 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-09-15 14:45 ` Dan Williams
2008-09-16 7:09 ` Kalle Valo
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