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Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:39:21 +0100
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] mac80211: reduce the probe response timeout after
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On 2010-11-19 10:55 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> Waiting for 500 ms after sending a probe request seems a bit excessive,
> especially when doing 5 attempts. If the connection is bad enough to make
> multiple requests time out, then user space should try to quickly find a
> new AP.
Hmm, don't merge this patch yet, it can cause background scans to
trigger reconnects.

- Felix