Re: forcing 802.11a association

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> writes:

>> Like I said, "the BSSID is the same on both (a) and (b/g)", so, yes,
>> my AP (a D-Link) has the same BSSID/MAC on both bands.  I do not
>> believe there is any way for me to change this.  In fact, it uses
>> the same BSSID/MAC on ALL three "interfaces" (802.3, 802.11a, and 802.11b/g)
>
> Whee.  So drivers internally now have to differentiate a specific access
> point based on the (band, BSSID, SSID) tuple, which I'm pretty sure not
> many do.

Um, all the drivers have ALWAYS done this.  The iwl3945 is the first
driver NOT to differentiate them!  The madwifi and the ipw3945 drivers
certain work "correctly" in my situation.

> Dan

-derek

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