From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: use full power if off-channel
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:50:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FFAEFCB.2080109@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1341822596.4455.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net>
On 07/09/2012 01:29 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-07-08 at 07:34 -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
>> On 07/08/2012 02:35 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
>>> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
>>>
>>> Instead of using full power when scanning, use
>>> full power when off-channel. This is different
>>> since off-channel can be remain-on-channel.
>>
>> What if we are scanning on our current channel? Shouldn't
>> it be full-power then as well?
>
> Arguable. If we're on the channel that the AP explicitly told us to use
> less power on, and we're not stopping normal traffic, then I'm not sure
> we should.
Well, if you are scanning, you might be wanting to find other APs that
perhaps require full power to reach, so it seems to me it should scan
at full power...
Thanks,
Ben
>
> johannes
>
--
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-09 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-08 9:35 [PATCH] mac80211: use full power if off-channel Johannes Berg
2012-07-08 14:34 ` Ben Greear
2012-07-09 8:29 ` Johannes Berg
2012-07-09 14:50 ` Ben Greear [this message]
2012-07-09 14:55 ` Johannes Berg
2012-07-09 16:02 ` Ben Greear
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