From: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
Cc: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 5GHz 802.11n USB Adapter
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:03:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201101101703.45802.helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mxn9fl6m.fsf@purkki.adurom.net>
Am Montag, 10. Januar 2011 schrieb Kalle Valo:
> Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> writes:
>
> > Am Samstag, 8. Januar 2011 schrieb Jason Andryuk:
> >> Are there any limitations for rt2800usb devices? The wiki is short on
> >> information as is rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. Does rt2800usb support AP
> >> mode like rt2800pci?
> >
> > rt2800usb does not support bc- and mc- buffering (rt2800pci does). Hence,
> > powersaving stations might experience problems when using rt2800usb in AP
> > mode.
>
> If some hardware models don't support broadcast/multicast buffering in
> that case the driver shouldn't allow AP mode, at least not in mainline
> kernels. We shouldn't break the standarnd knowingly.
>
> From a quick grep it looks like rt2800usb enables AP mode. Is that the
> case or did I misunderstood something?
You're right, rt2800usb enables AP mode despite the lack of proper
mc- and bc buffering.
Helmut
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-10 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-08 19:21 5GHz 802.11n USB Adapter Jason Andryuk
2011-01-08 20:32 ` Helmut Schaa
2011-01-10 4:16 ` Kalle Valo
2011-01-10 16:03 ` Helmut Schaa [this message]
2011-01-11 14:46 ` Kalle Valo
2011-01-11 14:57 ` Helmut Schaa
2011-01-11 15:45 ` Kalle Valo
2011-01-11 16:34 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2011-01-11 16:39 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2011-01-11 22:10 ` Kalle Valo
2011-01-14 23:07 ` Jason Andryuk
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