[PATCH 07/18] MLD STA: Enable MLO connection for open mode when driver's SME in use

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Wed Aug 31 12:45:09 PDT 2022


On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 07:15:36PM +0530, Veerendranath Jakkam wrote:
> Allow driver's SME to enable MLO(Multi-Link Operation) connection when
> open mode selected for the connection.

Why would this be needed? IEEE P802.11be/D2.0 seems to imply that open
mode is not allowed for MLO ("An EHT AP shall have
dot11BeaconPortectionEnabled set to 1" and beacon protection needs RSN).

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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