But it's not the AP connection type that determines what rates are available - it's the available rate set - this is independent of whether the card is B or G. A G AP may only advertise B rates, even though it's a G AP. I still don't see any need to change the phytype.
Simon -----Original Message----- From: mabbas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:19 AM To: Simon Barber Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [d80211] connecting to B-mode AP Simon Barber wrote: > Why is it necessary to set phymode to B? - a G client can connect > perfectly well to a B AP. > We need this information for rate scaling and we need to send the NIC different command depends on the AP connection type. Mohamed > Simon > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of mabbas > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 4:25 PM > To: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [d80211] connecting to B-mode AP > > When I connect to b-mode only AP and then run iwconf it shows it as a > G-mode AP. I guess when we set frequency it look through all the modes > and set the mode to the first channel it founds. since B and G share > the same frequencies it will set phymode to G. How can we force it to > set phymode to the AP we are associating with. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info > at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info > at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
