Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 23:29:59 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: geekvinod@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wicontrol-access point density Message-ID: <20020503.232959.73046420.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <20020503071140.85319.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020503071140.85319.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com>
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Vinod <geekvinod@yahoo.com> writes:
: what exactly is the access point density parameter
: controlled with wicontrol -i wi0 -a ?
: does it extend my access point coverage area?
It is vaguely documented in the programming manual, but basically it
tells the cards how many access points are in the area, and when it is
expected to be dense, different things happen.
At 3, the firmware will start to rescan for a new access point to
associate with when 11Mbps is no longer possible with the current
access point. At 2, the threshold is between 5.5 and 2Mbps. At 1,
the threshold is 1Mbps. Setting it higher will cause more delays
because scanning for a new AP takes little bit of time away from other
things.
Warner
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