Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:44053 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753289AbYLSOpM (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:45:12 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:42:56 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan Cc: Vasanth Thiagarajan , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "johannes@sipsolutions.net" , Jouni Malinen Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mac80211: Disable HT negotiation with TKIP/WEP as pairwise cipher Message-ID: <20081219144256.GB4041@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081219_154530_033418_2087BF52) References: <1229692235-21734-1-git-send-email-vasanth@atheros.com> <20081219142822.GA4041@tuxdriver.com> <494BB0BE.3030705@atheros.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <494BB0BE.3030705@atheros.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:03:34PM +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote: > John W. Linville wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 06:40:35PM +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote: > >> IEEE802.11n does not allow TKIP/WEP as pairwise cipher in HT mode. > >> Connect in non-ht mode if either of these ciphers is cofigured as > >> pairwise. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan > > > > Are there perhaps any broken APs out there that support such a > > configuration? I would hate to prevent users from connecting simply > > out of blind obedience to the standard. > > This particular configuration is not allowed in the latest 11n draft (7.0). > Yes, we have quite a few AP's around which support this configuration. Honestly, as a STA I would rather violate the standard and connect to the coffee shop's broken/misconfigured pre-draft7 .11n AP than stand on principle and have to fall back on my cell phone's data plan or sip my latte in internet silence... :-) John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.