Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:58442 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753116AbYLSOfc (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:35:32 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.108]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:35:32 -0800 Message-ID: <494BB0BE.3030705@atheros.com> (sfid-20081219_153543_971511_4EBFDB75) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:03:34 +0530 From: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" 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 References: <1229692235-21734-1-git-send-email-vasanth@atheros.com> <20081219142822.GA4041@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20081219142822.GA4041@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. Vasanth