AP to transmit packets at different channels

Jim Thompson jim
Mon Jul 18 13:19:37 PDT 2005


You could try putting all the clients into power save, (i.e. declare  
a long PS-Poll period),
then quickly switch channels, and switch them back.

no idea what this does to the f/w running on the card.

On Jul 18, 2005, at 10:32 AM, sunny sunny wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Is there any way that a AP (using hostAP drivers) which is functioning
> normally and supporting clients etc, transmit a single packet (dont
> need any reception for this, not even ACK) on a different channel
> without dropping the clients?
>
> In other words can the AP transmit some packets at a different channel
> without breaking the connection with the clients already associated
> with it.
>
> Any help/pointers is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> Santosh.
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