[Server-devel] AP association, and mesh behaviour

[Martin Langhoff]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:04 PM, John Watlington <wad at laptop.org> wrote:
>  This is a known UI problem.   If you wait until it is done searching
>  for a mesh portal the first time, it shouldn't happen.

Do you know whether it's just a UI thing, or does it mean that the
antenna is still scanning? How can we tell if it is? (and is the
scannign costly resource-wise?)

>  You are wrong about its behavior with known APs.   The laptop always
>  searches for mesh portals.  If it doesn't find any, it then looks for
>  APs that it knows about.  If it finds one, it selects it.

I understand. It was just an observation of the UI behaviour -- that
the mesh 'circles' don't blink...

cheers,



m
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