From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
To: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ath9k WDS panic without CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:11:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DFA8DBF.9080301@openwrt.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DFA7BAD.7060405@gnu.org>
On 2011-06-16 11:54 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On 06/15/2011 10:11 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>
>> Some time ago I sent some patches to fix the issues with WDS (and add
>> support for HT, including aggregation).
>>
>> These patches assume that you set up an AP on both sides alongside the
>> WDS interface (beacons of the APs are used to exchange rates and
>> capabilities).
>
> I think WDS should work without beacons. At least the basic rates
> should be available when the interface is brought up. Further changes
> to the set of supported rates can be made with iw.
>
> WDS is somewhat orthogonal to the beacons. The beacons are primarily
> meant for the stations.
For 802.11n you need proper HT capabilites anyway. I think it usually
doesn't make much sense to use WDS without AP interfaces, but if you
consider it worth adding support for, then please build your patches on
top of my patch series.
- Felix
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-16 23:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-15 22:24 ath9k WDS panic without CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL Pavel Roskin
2011-06-16 2:11 ` Felix Fietkau
2011-06-16 21:54 ` Pavel Roskin
2011-06-16 23:11 ` Felix Fietkau [this message]
2011-06-17 18:35 ` Bill Jordan
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