From: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@nokia.com>
To: ext Stuffed Crust <pizza@shaftnet.org>
Cc: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wireless: recap of current issues (configuration)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:07:52 +0200 (EET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0601162056261.17348@irie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060116172817.GB8596@shaftnet.org>
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, ext Stuffed Crust wrote:
> Background scanning, yes -- but there are all sorts of different
> thresholds and types of 'scanning' to be done, depending on how
> disruptive you are willing to be, and how capable the hardware is. Most
> thin MACs don't filter out foreign BSSIDs on the same channel when
> you're joined, which makes some things a lot easier.
That is true, thin MACs usually don't filter beacons on the same channel.
But in some cases (mainly power saving), you really want to avoid
receiving useless beacons and having the host woken up for each of them.
You may even want to not receive all the useful ones (the ones coming from
the AP you're joined with) if your softmac allows that.
This kind of beacon filtering is a big power saver, which is one of the
most important requirement for some platforms (phones, PDA, etc...).
Cheers,
Samuel.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-16 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20060113195723.GB16166@tuxdriver.com>
2006-01-13 21:26 ` wireless: recap of current issues (intro) John W. Linville
[not found] ` <20060113213011.GE16166@tuxdriver.com>
2006-01-13 22:19 ` wireless: recap of current issues (configuration) John W. Linville
2006-01-13 22:32 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-14 1:17 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-14 9:28 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-14 13:47 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2006-01-14 22:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-01-15 15:20 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-15 19:05 ` Samuel Ortiz
2006-01-16 17:09 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-16 18:51 ` Samuel Ortiz
2006-01-16 19:06 ` John W. Linville
2006-01-16 20:16 ` Samuel Ortiz
2006-01-16 21:06 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-16 22:24 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-16 23:02 ` John W. Linville
2006-01-17 18:41 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-17 18:54 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-01-15 19:53 ` Sam Leffler
2006-01-16 17:28 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-16 17:54 ` Sam Leffler
2006-01-16 19:40 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-16 20:14 ` Sam Leffler
2006-01-16 20:58 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-16 18:39 ` Dan Williams
2006-01-16 19:07 ` Samuel Ortiz [this message]
2006-01-16 19:50 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-16 20:10 ` Samuel Ortiz
2006-01-15 12:40 ` Stefan Rompf
2006-01-15 15:51 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-15 17:53 ` Stefan Rompf
2006-01-15 20:08 ` Sam Leffler
2006-01-15 20:11 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-17 22:20 ` Stefan Rompf
2006-01-15 19:39 ` Sam Leffler
2006-01-16 0:06 ` Mike Kershaw
2006-01-16 14:23 ` Jiri Benc
2006-01-16 14:55 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-16 17:33 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-16 18:00 ` Sam Leffler
2006-01-16 20:16 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-14 0:05 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2006-01-14 23:41 ` Dan Williams
2006-01-15 16:18 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-15 9:35 ` feyd
[not found] ` <20060113213126.GF16166@tuxdriver.com>
2006-01-13 22:20 ` wireless: recap of current issues (compatibility) John W. Linville
2006-01-13 22:33 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-14 13:44 ` Krzysztof Halasa
[not found] ` <20060113213237.GH16166@tuxdriver.com>
2006-01-13 22:24 ` wireless: recap of current issues (other issues) John W. Linville
2006-01-13 22:35 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-13 23:02 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-14 22:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-01-15 0:54 ` John W. Linville
2006-01-15 1:51 ` David S. Miller
2006-01-15 11:23 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2006-01-15 15:39 ` Stuffed Crust
2006-01-17 23:36 ` wireless: recap of current issues (other issues / fake ethernet) Stefan Rompf
2006-01-18 16:32 ` Stuffed Crust
[not found] ` <20060113213311.GI16166@tuxdriver.com>
2006-01-13 22:25 ` wireless: recap of current issues (actions) John W. Linville
2006-01-13 22:36 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-14 22:11 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-01-15 0:56 ` John W. Linville
2006-01-16 14:44 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <20060113213200.GG16166@tuxdriver.com>
2006-01-13 22:22 ` wireless: recap of current issues (stack) John W. Linville
2006-01-13 22:34 ` Johannes Berg
2006-01-13 23:03 ` Chase Venters
2006-01-14 10:46 ` Simon Kelley
2006-01-14 23:29 ` Dan Williams
2006-01-14 13:51 ` Michael Buesch
2006-01-17 17:38 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2006-01-14 14:13 ` Ulrich Kunitz
2006-01-15 4:42 ` Pete Zaitcev
2006-01-15 10:04 ` Ulrich Kunitz
[not found] ` <43C80F9A.8020203@candelatech.com>
2006-01-13 22:49 ` wireless: recap of current issues Ben Greear
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