Active scanning shortens the time it takes a station to connect, which helps minimize outages when a person is mobile and leaving one 802.11 wireless coverage area for another. It's also a way to reduce power consumption as the receiver scanning function needn't be always on and listening for AP beacons. It can be turned on only when in need of a new connection.
Cheers, Randall -- On 02/16/2015 04:25 PM, Robert Park wrote: > At the end, the only action he suggests is to clear remembered > networks from your phone so they don't scan for those networks. > > Can somebody explain to me why phones are scanning for networks in the > first place? Isn't it the routers job to advertise its presence and > then the phone can just passively listen for what signals it gets? > > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Wifi Privacy Police is a smartphone app that should exist on the Desktop. >> Nice video that explains the privacy/security implications of how >> Desktops/Smartphones handle Wifi networks: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GpNhYy2l08 >> >> Ubuntu should address these privacy/security issues, not just on >> Ubuntu-Touch but also on the Desktop. >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
