Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:33:51 +0200
From: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
To: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: Disable requests for new scans in AP mode
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 12:40:10PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:

> Every 120 seconds usually (it uses a simple backoff algorithm), but
> yeah, this is a good thing to do.  You probably want to make NM ignore
> the device if you're configuring it as an AP though, since obviously NM
> shouldn't be driving an AP mode interface.

Actually, I would like to be able to NM to set up a simple AP similarly
to IBSS configuration.. If I'm setting up the interface manually (either
for AP or even for client modes), I would like NM to ignore the device
from that point on, but that is a separate point.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA