On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:33:31PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

On Feb 5, 2008 11:34 PM, Jouni Malinen [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

The BSSID generation as a hash from SSID does not sound like something
that would match the requirements of IEEE 802.11 11.1.6 ("a number
selected in a manner that minimizes the probability of STAs generating
the same number") since it is actually maximizing that probablity for
the case of same SSID ;-).

Heh, good catch :)

FWIW, that wouldn't be the first time we (i.e. Linux) chose to do
something that did not completely comply with a standard.  If it
interoperates with other equipment and is good for users, I don't
think picky standard compliance is worthwhile.

Please note that I am not really taking a stand in favor of this ATM,
only asserting that blind standard compliance is not a good reason
to NAK it IMHO.

John
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John W. Linville
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