> On Dec 29, 2019, at 6:50 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote:
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> I don't understand your question.
> What is a "handover" and what does soft vs. hard mean?
I apologize for the confusion.
A 80211 handover refers to a AP "switch"
* After a background scan, we have now switched APs.
* Pretend we were
> On Dec 28, 2019, at 6:11 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote:
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> Access points at 36c3 use low transmit power on purpose, and often fall below
> the RSSI threshold which trigger background scans. At some locations (e.g.
> at the lake in CCL) I've seen iwm(4) ping-pong between APs repeatedly even
> whi
I believe you are correct to correlate RSSI & probe response.
My understanding is that 802.11 beacon is a management frame to synchronize
networks.
Essentially the beacon interval determines the multiple for the DTIM & may
include additional capability frames.
The beacon blinks at a configurable