> hi
>
> is the mac layer ack handling with unicast traffic done in the driver
> or in the firmware?
In the firmware.
> certain network simulators offer control over
> this via a callback function, and i was wondering if this is also
> possible (or rather feasable) outside the simulator. i am implementing
> a mobile ad-hoc routing protocol under gnu/linux 2.6, in userland, and
> would like to know when an ack has been received, when a timeout
> occured and even possibly disable mac-layer ackknowledge or limit the
> number of retries.
According to my knowledge got here, no way to implement a real MAC protocol
in a wireless card driver unless you know how to write firmware. But seems
only companies know that.
Best regards,
Xinwen Fu
>
> > thanks, t.
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