Bill Sommerfeld writes: > as a practical matter I suspect that realistic 802.11-family devices > will, for the forseeable future, need a dedicated hardware functional > unit per active ESSID (or at least one per active RF channel)
Maybe. Implementing radios as DSP software is cheap and very flexible. If there's a demand for the feature (i.e., make-before- break roaming), I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen. > so for now > the best way to model this on the software side would be like the way we > model multi-port cards: separate devices. Yes, that seems like the direct we're driving. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
