On Aug 18 10:40:23, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Finally got annoyed enough that my MacBook running OS X (don't ask)
> didn't work too well on my OpenBSD AP at home. The reason is the
> following caveat listed in the athn(4) man page:
>
> Host AP mode doesn't support power saving. Clients attempting to use
> power saving mode may experience significant packet loss (disabling power
> saving on the client will fix this).
Same here.
> Unfortunately Steve doesn't allow you to disable power saving. So
> here is a diff to make athn(4) in host AP mode handle clients that use
> power saving. The Mac is much happier now.
>
> Further testing would be welcome. Even if you don't use clients with
> power saving enabled. So if you're running an athn(4) based AP,
> please give this a spin.
This diff seems to be in the tree already, and in the snapshots,
so I upgraded my i386 AP to current, and indeed, the connections
from my macbook via wifi no longer die out.
Thank you!
Jan
