From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mabbas Subject: Re: [d80211] connecting to B-mode AP Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:19:25 -0700 Message-ID: <450AE09D.2040901@linux.intel.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mga05.intel.com ([192.55.52.89]:21113 "EHLO fmsmga101.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932093AbWIORTU (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:19:20 -0400 To: Simon Barber In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Simon Barber wrote: > Why is it necessary to set phymode to B? - a G client can connect > perfectly well to a B AP. > We need this information for rate scaling and we need to send the NIC different command depends on the AP connection type. Mohamed > Simon > > -----Original Message----- > From: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org] > On Behalf Of mabbas > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 4:25 PM > To: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [d80211] connecting to B-mode AP > > When I connect to b-mode only AP and then run iwconf it shows it as a > G-mode AP. I guess when we set frequency it look through all the modes > and set the mode to the first channel it founds. since B and G share the > same frequencies it will set phymode to G. How can we force it to set > phymode to the AP we are associating with. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the > body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >