>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us> writes:
    Bill> In the high-AP-density environment of the hotel, roaming clearly
    Bill> doesn't work right.  (not surprising, since I only got one AP to play
    Bill> with..).  Like itojun, it worked for me for a little while, and then
    Bill> it decided it needed to rescan for a new AP for some reason, locked
    Bill> into the new AP, and then it stopped working altogether).

    Bill> I'm going to have to stare at the 802.11 spec some more to see what i
    Bill> have to do in order to hand off from one AP to another (I think i

  Argh. Let me know how I can help. Got caffeine, will hack when not editing documents.

    Bill> mgmt subtype 4 is a "probe request"; according to the firmware doc, it
    Bill> is processed by the firmware and should just be discarded by the
    Bill> driver..

  so, is this the right logic:

	case IEEEWL_SUBTYPE_PROBEREQ:
	  /* discard */
	  break;

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