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 16:50:41 -0700 Message-ID: <450B3C51.208@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 mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:43660 "EHLO mga09.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932226AbWIOXvI (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:51:08 -0400 To: Simon Barber In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org I see your point here, although some one will file some bugs against the driver about showing G while associating with B-mode AP. By the way how can you figure if the AP is B/G other than the rates? Simon Barber wrote: > But it's not the AP connection type that determines what rates are > available - it's the available rate set - this is independent of whether > the card is B or G. A G AP may only advertise B rates, even though it's > a G AP. I still don't see any need to change the phytype. > > Simon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mabbas [mailto:mabbas@linux.intel.com] > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:19 AM > To: Simon Barber > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [d80211] connecting to B-mode AP > > 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 >> >> > - > 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 >