Channel interference scan and manual selection

[Tek Wiz]

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On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> What model is the router?
>
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> -adrian
>
> On 3 December 2013 18:11, Tek Wiz <tx2023 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Adrian,
> >
> > I'd be happy to work on it.
> >
> > What is the SVN URL to check out and commit?
> >
> > My router is OpenWrt compatible. Is that good enough?
> >
> > Yes, the metric involves interference and noise floor.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Tek Wiz
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> On 3 December 2013 17:50, Tek Wiz <tx2023 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hello FreeBSD Wireless,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Is it possible to do a an interference scan of all the channels and
> >> >> > manually select the channel?
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Well, if you don't assign a channel, the net80211 scan module will
> >> scan the channels, find the channel with the lowest noise floor as
> >> reported by the driver and use that.
> >>
> >> Now, ideally it'd actually check the channel for interference and
> >> channel busy status, and use _that_ metric.
> >>
> >> So, if someone wants a mini-project to implement that, I'd be happy to
> >> guide them / help them get that working. On ath(4), of course.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -adrian
> >
> >
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