From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 29 13:30:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEF4F1065678 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:30:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru [IPv6:2a01:4f8:131:60a2::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8158FC0C for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:30:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lion.home.serebryakov.spb.ru (89.112.15.178.pppoe.eltel.net [89.112.15.178]) (Authenticated sender: lev@serebryakov.spb.ru) by onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B09D24AC2D for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:29:59 +0400 (MSK) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:29:58 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <665189217.20120429172958@serebryakov.spb.ru> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: AP automatic channel selection? X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:30:00 -0000 Hello, Freebsd-wireless. Is it possible to implement automatic channel selection by AP, with ath driver? Some SOHO routers have such functionality. I mean, that card could monitor channels activity like new "athsurvey" tool does, say, one per minute, and switch to channel which was least busy for, say, last 10 minutes. It should not switch more often tan same 10 minutes (all configurable) in any case. It seems, that in my environment, channels' occupation depends on time of day very much, and what is good for morning is not so good for night. -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov