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Re: [STDS-802-11-TGAK] TGak Telecon Minutes Posted



IMO, this is why minutes should not try to record conversations.  Fewer
post-facto arguments over facts and emphasis.

-- Norm

-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 12:44 PM
To: "STDS-802-11-TGAK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<STDS-802-11-TGAK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGAK] TGak Telecon Minutes Posted

>Hi David,
>
>I'll be happy to annotate the minutes to avoid anyone from being
>mislead. It was my impression that 802.11 did not specify in detail
>how to use WDS between APs.
>
>Thanks,
>Donald
>=============================
> Donald E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
> 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA
> d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 3:34 PM, David Bagby <David.Bagby@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Donald,
>> In looking at the minutes, I noticed this entry:
>>
>> "Comments: There is no such thing as a wireless AP-to-AP link in
>>802.11."
>>
>> There was not much context to the minutes entry, so I thought I'd draw
>> attention to the fact that there has been support for "wireless AP-to-AP
>> links" in .11 for a long time.
>>
>> Interested parties can look for "wireless distribution system" or "WDS".
>> The feature is widely available, for example it's a part of the dd-wrt
>> firmware that is popular for many .11 APs.  Support in the standard for
>>this
>> dates back to the early .11 days - it was part of the design
>>requirements
>> for the "from DS" and "to DS" bits.
>>
>>
>> Dave Bagby
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/8/2013 12:11 PM, Donald Eastlake wrote:
>>
>> Minutes of the 7 Jan 2013 TGak teleconference have been posted at
>> 
>>https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0052-00-00ak-11ak-telecon-min
>>utes-20130107.docx
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Donald
>> =============================
>>  Donald E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
>>  155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA
>>  d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> 
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