Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:45360 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757587Ab1EaTcj (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2011 15:32:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mac80211: create a STA entry for a WDS interface after receiving a beacon From: Johannes Berg To: Felix Fietkau Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com In-Reply-To: <1306869394-83047-2-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> References: <1306869394-83047-1-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1306869394-83047-2-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 21:32:34 +0200 Message-ID: <1306870354.29989.1.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20110531_213242_956576_80A6CA5D) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 21:16 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote: > When a STA entry is created too early, a lot of essential information > required for rate control is missing. I don't understand how you can rely on beacons for WDS. johannes