Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:39486 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752171AbZEBKSr (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2009 06:18:47 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M0CIt-0002CE-AU for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 02 May 2009 10:18:43 +0000 Received: from cpc2-cmbg9-0-0-cust621.cmbg.cable.ntl.com ([82.16.102.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 May 2009 10:18:43 +0000 Received: from jon.fairbairn by cpc2-cmbg9-0-0-cust621.cmbg.cable.ntl.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 May 2009 10:18:43 +0000 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Jon Fairbairn Subject: Re: rt73usb Access point status Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 11:18:29 +0100 Message-ID: References: <557754.25367.qm@web51403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Luis Correia writes: Hi Luis; thanks for your replies... more below: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 14:41, Joerg Pommnitz wr= ote: >> Reading the mail from Ivo >> (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=3D20080808205= 9.11968.IvDoorn%40gmail.com) I found that before I posted and found it discouraging, hence the question. >> I gather that the ACK in question is not from the peer but from the = local >> hardware indicating that the frame was actually sent and not lost du= e to >> some local error. > > According to Ivo, we cannot be totally sure that the device has sent > the frame into the air, so no actual ACK is reported back to mac80211= =2E > > The hostapd hack works, as long as the stations are not very far from > the AP, and thus not 'too many retries' need to be sent. So is the bug really in hostapd? > AFAIK, this is not optimal at all, so I don't go around and say 'it > works'. It may or may not work in your case. Since I would want to make an AP that generally worked, I don't think it would be enough. > If possible, test and report back your findings. I don't currently have a dongle. I'd be happy to buy one and test it (I really don't mind going through a fair number of patch/test/report back cycles, it's just writing code that's not currently something I can do), but not if there's a demarcation dispute as to who owns the bug! --=20 J=C3=B3n Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam= =2Eac.uk -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html