From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from purkki.adurom.net ([80.68.90.206]:55144 "EHLO purkki.adurom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751501Ab1AJEQD (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jan 2011 23:16:03 -0500 To: Helmut Schaa Cc: Jason Andryuk , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 5GHz 802.11n USB Adapter References: <201101082132.22947.helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> From: Kalle Valo Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:16:01 +0200 In-Reply-To: <201101082132.22947.helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> (Helmut Schaa's message of "Sat\, 8 Jan 2011 21\:32\:22 +0100") Message-ID: <87mxn9fl6m.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Helmut Schaa 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? -- Kalle Valo