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Subject: Re: [PATCH 001/002] [MAC80211] Retry probe request few times
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On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 07:53 +0200, G=C3=A1bor Stefanik wrote:

> It just feels illogical to me that the AP essentially has to respond
> to probes twice (it sends an ACK, then a probe response) - but if that
> is what the 802.11 spec calls for, then its fine.

You're just confused then. Think about it again, it's perfectly logical.

johannes

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