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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] nl80211: Add support for beacon tx mode
To:     Maharaja Kennadyrajan <mkenna@codeaurora.org>,
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From:   Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:14:45 +0200
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On 2021-08-10 10:56, Maharaja Kennadyrajan wrote:
> User can configure the below beacon tx mode
> 1. Staggered mode and 2. Burst mode while bring-up the AP
> or MESH.
> 
> Beacons can be sent out in burst(continuously in a single shot
> one after another) or staggered (equally spread out over beacon
> interval) mode.
> 
> Set the beacon_tx_mode as 1 for Staggered mode and 2 for
> burst mode.
What's the advantage of one over the other? When and why would the user
choose a different mode other than the default?

- Felix