<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jun 30, 2012, at 3:33 AM, Teco Boot wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br></div><div>Op 30 jun. 2012 om 08:41 heeft Markus Kittenberger <<a href="mailto:Markus.Kittenberger@gmx.at">Markus.Kittenberger@gmx.at</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div>Users create an IBSS, have a unique SSID. A channel is selected, often the default 1. A (unique) BSSID is selected. What is the problem?</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>automatic bssid selection is usually a big problem,..</div><div> </div><div>as networks which should be one, will tend to split in to multiple ones.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So there we have the need to repair the spec. </div><div><br></div><div>I support any mechanism that comes up with deterministic pseudo- random. Should be in the wireless stack, not in config scripts. </div><div><br></div><div>Also, the 802.11 spec should have a mode for better support l3 manet. </div><div><br></div><div>We could send a letter to IEEE, with problems and suggestions for improvements. </div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Sounds good to me, so let's nail down the BSSID generation algorithm and propose it to the IEEE.</div><div><br></div><div>.hc</div></body></html>