The downside to a long beacon interval is that clients don't see becon messages as often (which is how clients figure out which APs are available). This can slow down the initial association to the access point, and is usually only a problem in highly mobile networks.. i.e. mobile.. I have not had any problems with long beacon periods in fixed wireless applications.
-- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
