Jouni Malinen wrote: > Even I think that this goes a bit too far especially on 2.4 GHz band, > but I would actually consider limiting EAPOL frames to using non-HT/VHT > (e.g., 6 Mbps OFDM at least for EAPOL-Key frames) to avoid some > interoperability issues. I would say that the current minstrel_ht > behavior is somewhat excessive for EAPOL-Key frames in the other > direction. Using MCS 14 with fallback to something like MCS 5 for the > second Data frame after an association can certainly fail. > > Number of Linux drivers do already limit EAPOL frame TX rate, so this > specific item is mainly applicable only to driver that use minstrel from > mac80211 (e.g., ath9k). Though, that IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE would > likely affect most mac80211 drivers.
We had this in the ath9k RC, where EAPOL frames were sent out at min-rate on the VO queue. I think instead of re-introducing it in the driver, having it in minstrel is cleaner. Sujith -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
