How can i change Contention Window?

[Antonio Vilei]

Hello Stefano,

> I'm working on hostap to implement QoS policy and I need to change the
> contention window.

I assume that you would like to implement EDCF of 802.11e.
I'm afraid that you are out of luck: I think (not 100% sure) that contention
window setting and the backoff procedure are handled by the card firmware
and not by the driver.

Regards,
Antonio

----- Original Message -----
From: <annese at csp.it>
To: <hostap at shmoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:02 PM
Subject: How can i change Contention Window?


> I'm working on hostap to implement QoS policy and I need to change the
> contention window. It would be useful even change it at start time and not
at
> run time. If anybody has any idea about this, please let me know.
>
> I've seen that a similar question has already been posted, but I really
need
> some help about this... thank you.
>
> Stefano
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