Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:49509 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752613Ab3B0Xim (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:38:42 -0500 Message-ID: <512E98FC.2030209@candelatech.com> (sfid-20130228_003845_533800_B468A19C) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:38:36 -0800 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Interesting behaviour when AP enables/disables HT References: <512E92FD.2090106@candelatech.com> (sfid-20130228_001314_338433_42408E0E) <1362007368.8172.13.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: <1362007368.8172.13.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/27/2013 03:22 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 15:13 -0800, Ben Greear wrote: >> I was doing some tests where I change the AP's configuration >> (enable/disable HT, enable/disable HT40, etc) on a somewhat >> hacked 3.7.9+ kernel. >> >> One thing I noticed is that if stations are associated using /a, >> but I quickly reconfigure the AP to use /a/n mode (ie HT enabled), >> the stations stay in 'no-ht' mode. >> >> If I down/up the stations, they come up in HT mode. > > You probably didn't flush the scan cache on the stations before > reconnecting after the reconfiguration. No..I didn't..didn't do anything in particular to the stations at all..just let them re-connect on their own. Thanks for the explanation. Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com