Re: forcing 802.11a association

[dragoran <drago01 gmail com>]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
is this a known bug (feature?) in the iwlwifi drivers / ratescale alg ?