Re: net80211: post-bgscan RSSI threshold check

2019-12-29 Thread Patrick Dohman
> On Dec 29, 2019, at 6:50 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > 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

Re: net80211: post-bgscan RSSI threshold check

2019-12-28 Thread Patrick Dohman
> On Dec 28, 2019, at 6:11 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > 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

Re: 5GHz AP RSSI measurement problem

2018-05-01 Thread Patrick Dohman
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