OLBC HT AP detected - enable protection

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Sun Mar 31 13:49:35 EDT 2013


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 09:28:56AM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> We saw some other funny-ness where we'd ask the AP to be on one frequency
> and it should show up on a lower freq, like it was using a secondary channel
> as the main channel or something.

That is by design. If another HT40 BSS is seen on 5 GHz, the local HT40
BSS may switch the primary and secondary channels based on the
co-existence rules to match that other BSS. In other words, there is
desire to avoid starting a primary channel on a secondary channel of
another AP.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA


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