Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:52110 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965008Ab2LFKtu (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2012 05:49:50 -0500 Message-ID: <1354791010.10150.1.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20121206_114954_177797_3BFBA9CD) Subject: Re: [PATCH] {nl, cfg, mac}80211: set beacon interval and DTIM period on mesh join From: Johannes Berg To: Thomas Pedersen Cc: devel@lists.open80211s.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:50:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: (sfid-20121205_235803_339880_D4FADE0C) References: <1354745174-2941-1-git-send-email-marco.porsch@etit.tu-chemnitz.de> (sfid-20121205_235803_339880_D4FADE0C) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 14:57 -0800, Thomas Pedersen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Marco Porsch > wrote: > > Move the default mesh beacon interval and DTIM period to cfg80211 and > > make it accessible to nl80211. This enables setting both values when joining > > an MBSS. > > > > NOTE: In a mesh with links in PS mode it is not advised to use the default > > parameters 1000:4, as these cause excessive buffering delays that exceed > > various timeouts (e.g. HWMP path request). > > Then make the default parameters reasonable? How is 1000:2? That's still ~2 seconds, no? johannes