Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:40555 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754725AbZHEF6F (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:58:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 001/002] [MAC80211] Retry probe request few times From: Johannes Berg To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= Stefanik Cc: Maxim Levitsky , Marcel Holtmann , linux-wireless , linville , Reinette Chatre In-Reply-To: <69e28c910908042253t67e5aa93j1db74dfe187a9bd1@mail.gmail.com> References: <1249056817.20593.1.camel@maxim-laptop> <1249056896.20593.3.camel@maxim-laptop> <1249438947.3094.30.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1249450153.6083.4.camel@maxim-laptop> <1249450416.4168.22.camel@johannes.local> <69e28c910908042250n1e0bf9c6v20b6301db9e3286b@mail.gmail.com> <1249451506.6902.2.camel@johannes.local> <69e28c910908042253t67e5aa93j1db74dfe187a9bd1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Taa9X1T5A7L2hRExAM0T" Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:58:03 +0200 Message-Id: <1249451883.6902.3.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-Taa9X1T5A7L2hRExAM0T Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 07:53 +0200, G=C3=A1bor Stefanik wrote: > It just feels illogical to me that the AP essentially has to respond > to probes twice (it sends an ACK, then a probe response) - but if that > is what the 802.11 spec calls for, then its fine. You're just confused then. Think about it again, it's perfectly logical. johannes --=-Taa9X1T5A7L2hRExAM0T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKeR9oAAoJEODzc/N7+QmaAhcQAKgdu39Vtce8yUJwdJqHl04R WgiiFowDKc5+75PuXkvtuR9GiDKWlxcEw/ws9wLLfISzMbImUppbykX/rOf+/hsi 2W5YsTQIB08WjjViug9I4qbDVT9NkeRS6kugTXEB2pwgskOkZXFXORimToQ/zDoR 1Y7uP7H4RPUujly72vfMSm0nfwnjLn6T6dZmRe1z7sbJ8PSAEBvyuZkwVUIdEBOE pCAomAy6hOM24qj4g/8rhdiPTnB7e4mtvecDNdpmmCIb8ZqwgxDOOloMUL3FheIF PGgBbI+/t4kixJhgT/PBFiEldmBIZ93O26tJeje29J9xxxaeMMAB03T+B9tEJfWv 5VYa9ytEHq26j84ydByFbgtnIJO0ZEQxpjO/Wj4dIZkvQeIsYBsUiXBymQEmFDd+ RqD3NwOhez4y7H3S6rzMU7jaAsVAGWc6AIpSbPfZw95rfftzNWu7lj2plSWDt5Jj h1xkAUQpoOyEDH0oljJ42j8qH6UDeKPa58cp+LPFH3Kt+MX9gJ4YjLGK6a1X5/1A qwaOBOS7tZhGXldPjDiET+7SowdxigZRoNpS0G5R4eY1lxiMkFa7KoZWw7DzQJmk 826/8UmgoP4SnMDey13c8KmKCuMA8doqz6oKrKHTAvNb3oJfPv0tF5OkiDh/Lf10 GKqAYjqTly4ynXfEPMj/ =x0Qr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Taa9X1T5A7L2hRExAM0T--