Hi Bob, >>> For user experience scanning and DHCP are also important, what kind of > >>> numbers you get when those are included? No need to have anything> precise, >>> I would like just to get an understanding where we are> nowadays. >> >> Scanning heavily depends on the RF environment and the hardware. In our >> testing ath9k takes stupid long to scan for example. >> >> But in a sort of best case scenario, using limited scan and no mac change, >> iwd connects in ~300ms. People have reported that they have not finished >> opening their laptop screen and they're connected, so at that level of >> latency, every millisecond is important and totally worth fighting for. >> Randomizing the MAC would penalize our connection times by 2X (300 ms at >> least). And Android folks have reported the penalty to be as high as 3 >> seconds. So this needs to be fixed. And do note that this is a feature >> every modern OS implements by default. > > Randomizing the MAC is a stupid decision. > Do you realy expect that this will add something to the security?
the mac randomization is about privacy. Regards Marcel
