[luci] r10253: Band/HTmode

[Jo-Philipp Wich]

Hi,

its the way /etc/config/wireless is processed by openwrt now - hwmode
merely selects the band, if htmode is set 11n is enabled.

I don't feel like emulating the old behaviour as it requires adding some
dummy variables just for LuCI.

~ Jow

Am 31.05.2014 17:01, schrieb Erich N. Pekarek:
> Hi!
> 
> I recently installed:
>      LuCI Trunk (svn-r10253) OpenWrt Barrier Breaker r40887
> 
> on a UBNT Nanostation Loco M5 and noticed changes as follows:
> 
> 
> 
> I guess that happed in reaction to my patches in luci.subsignal.org/trac/ticket/678.
> The implementation seems wrong to me:
> 
> a) In Band the selection for "Auto" and "802.11a only" are gone.
> b) The translation for "HT mode disabled" is vexing.
> c) "Band" is vexing.
> 
> Explanation:
> Up to my knowledge 802.11n is "set on top of 802.11a/g".
> HT Mode off/ht20/ht40/... does NOT have to do with rate and band selection as 
> such, it only has to do with CTS-to-self for compatibility issues with 
> non-802.11n devices (i.e. Legacy a/b/g).
> 
> Therefore:
> c) should be "Mode" instead of "Band" just as usual: 
> 802.11/802.11b/802.11g/802.11n+g/802.11n+a was correct in the first place.
> b) "HT mode (802.11n)"  should only be "HT mode" or "High througput", since it 
> exists only in n and ac. The value "disabled" is not self-explanatory. Use 
> "Compatibility mode" oder "Legacy Mode" (the later is still not quite correct) 
> instead.
> a) Return to the previous values. The values represent a set of rates and do not 
> have to do with Band as such.
> 
> Or did I miss a step in development?
> (Ticket (see above) is still open).
> 
> regards
> Erich
> 
> 
> 
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