To: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
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From: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:36:49 +0300
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Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> writes:

>> Also deliberately breaking 802.11 specification sounds very wrong to me.
>> We can, and should, aim higher than that.
>
> Well, breaking specifications may have to be done in some cases ;-), but
> this particular feature is not really such a case.

Yes, you are correct (as usual). The specification is not perfect, far
from it :)

> However, I do understand the desire to be able to use some kind of AP
> mode even if it is known to be broken for some cases.

Actually what are the reasons why an user would prefer AP mode over
Ad-Hoc mode, if he doesn't care about power save? Better coverage
between clients and better encryption, but that's it. Right?

-- 
Kalle Valo