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Date:      Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:52:44 -0700
From:      Joe Rhett <jrhett@isite.net>
To:        freebsd-current@davehart.net
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Project Evil APs
Message-ID:  <20040607205244.GD22403@isite.net>
In-Reply-To: <255A839665EA24408EB27A6AAE15518E27AB98@europa.ad.hartbrothers.com>
References:  <255A839665EA24408EB27A6AAE15518E27AB98@europa.ad.hartbrothers.com>

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On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 12:19:52PM -0000, freebsd-current@davehart.net wrote:
> Bill Paul suggested:
> > <jedi mind trick>
> > You want to use ad-hoc mode. You don't want to bother me with
> > silly questions about hostap mode because it doesn't really
> > let you do anything you can't do with ad-hoc mode anyway.
> 
> You haven't really experienced 802.11 wireless joy until you've survived an AP
> firmware upgrade reboot because you have multiple overlapping APs servicing
> the same WLAN and seamless roaming between them.  Can one roam uninterrupted
> between different APs in an ad-hoc configuration?

There is no AP in ad-hoc mode.  It's point to point.  So nothing can help
you if the other side reboots. 

-- 
Joe Rhett                                                      Chief Geek
JRhett@Isite.Net                                      Isite Services, Inc.



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