Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:55415 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753148AbYLSOaM (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:30:12 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:28:22 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net, Jouni.Malinen@atheros.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mac80211: Disable HT negotiation with TKIP/WEP as pairwise cipher Message-ID: <20081219142822.GA4041@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081219_153017_468370_CCF68135) References: <1229692235-21734-1-git-send-email-vasanth@atheros.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1229692235-21734-1-git-send-email-vasanth@atheros.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.