Fast connect after losing Link

[Kalle Valo]

Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> writes:

> When L2 drops the supplicant will attempt to reconnect only to the SSID
> of the enabled network block sent by Connman. When the supplicant
> enters the DISCONNECTED state from a previously-connected state,
> Connman could start a short timer (15 or 20 seconds?) and wait for the
> ASSOCIATING state to happen.  If the supplicant does begin associating
> that's great, wait for COMPLETED and leave L3 up and running.  But if
> the timer expires, it's likely the supplicant doesn't have anything to
> connect to, and L3 can be torn down.
>
> Does that seem like reasonable behavior?  I think the supplicant's
> behavior is currently sufficient for the problem you describe, just
> that Connman's interpretation of that behavior is somewhat wrong.

FWIW I tried adding the timer something like 5 years ago, no luck :)

http://connman.connman.narkive.com/ib9Fhk62/patch-0-2-wifi-disconnect-timer

-- 
Kalle Valo