Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:39610 "EHLO mail-we0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753047Ab2LGU0H (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:26:07 -0500 Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id x10so363156wey.19 for ; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:26:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1354791010.10150.1.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> References: <1354745174-2941-1-git-send-email-marco.porsch@etit.tu-chemnitz.de> <1354791010.10150.1.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> From: Thomas Pedersen Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:25:44 -0800 Message-ID: (sfid-20121207_212612_095835_3CE7B240) Subject: Re: [PATCH] {nl, cfg, mac}80211: set beacon interval and DTIM period on mesh join To: Johannes Berg Cc: devel@lists.open80211s.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: > 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? Yeah I guess those would both be unsuitable for PS anyway, so it's fine as is. Thomas