Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:26:59 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Jim Binkley <jrb@cs.pdx.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, dennis@pdx.edu Subject: Re: orinoco card - default channel changed Message-ID: <20010305102659.B31910@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <200103051644.IAA26209@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>; from jrb@cs.pdx.edu on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 08:44:12AM -0800 References: <200103051644.IAA26209@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 08:44:12AM -0800, Jim Binkley wrote: > Does anyone understand how channels actually work in BSS land? > I've never owned an AP so I don't understand how they operate. > I presumed that if you weren't worried about layer 2 loops, > you could operate it in ad hoc mode, with a fixed channel, OR > in BSS mode, what actually occurs? In infrastructure mode you use the channel of the AP you are currently using. It changes automaticaly via the AP selection alogrithm built into the card's firmware. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6o9pyXY6L6fI4GtQRAtgTAKDisgPsKzmud+j/997Uw5NMs0w1bgCgoL3K bIfqLs3UZ8wFh0AY0R+c+YM= =sk6O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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