Hi

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Patrik Flykt
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 17:04 +0100, Michael Trimarchi wrote:
>> This is just an idea to add setFreq to access point. Can
>> you comment on it?
>
> A patch like this certainly sets the frequency. Exposing a frequency
> setting API has not been provided so far, as the user is hardly ever
> equipped to set a proper one. If the user is, there will be a frequent
> use of the 'iw' tool, and the result is good only for that temporary
> location and time. Move somewhere else, and all of the manual steps need
> repeating.
>
> The best available frequency for tethering should be automatically
> requested by ConnMan from wpa_supplicant. wpa_supplicant in turn may
> unfortunately need some selective fixing to make this a working
> solution.
>

We can proceed by steps:
- change the patch in order to select only valid frequency of the wifi card
- find a way to add an auto mode to select the best channel. Can we say
that the best one is the less used channel?

Michael

> ConnMan should also handle multiple AP capable WiFi cards such that
> tethering coverage will be maximized over all available frequency
> ranges.
>
> As far as I know, no-one is working on the two items above so patches
> will be welcome...
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Patrik
>
>
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