From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp94.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (smtp94.iad3a.emailsrvr.com [173.203.187.94]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D62E3CB39 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp36.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp36.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6021252AB; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 (EST) X-SMTPDoctor-Processed: csmtpprox beta Received: from smtp36.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp36.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5C6A85423; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from app9.wa-webapps.iad3a (relay-webapps.rsapps.net [172.27.255.140]) by smtp36.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 4EC6352AB; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 (EST) X-Sender-Id: dpreed@deepplum.com Received: from app9.wa-webapps.iad3a (relay-webapps.rsapps.net [172.27.255.140]) by 0.0.0.0:25 (trex/5.7.12); Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 Received: from deepplum.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by app9.wa-webapps.iad3a (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B668C0067; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 (EST) Received: by apps.rackspace.com (Authenticated sender: dpreed@deepplum.com, from: dpreed@deepplum.com) with HTTP; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 (EST) X-Auth-ID: dpreed@deepplum.com Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 11:21:00 -0500 (EST) From: "dpreed@deepplum.com" To: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Type: plain Message-ID: <1517674860.241213104@apps.rackspace.com> X-Mailer: webmail/12.11.0-RC X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:31:40 -0500 Subject: [Make-wifi-fast] WiFi Aware question X-BeenThere: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:21:00 -0000 [I apologize for sending this with an old subject line and with another con= versation attached. It was a dumb and distracting thing to do to these list= s. My fault.]=0A=0AI'm curious about the "WiFi Aware" initiative by the WiF= i Alliance.=0A=0ADoes LEDE and/or Linux support this protocol? I know gSupp= licant is potentially the way such things are supposed to work, at least ac= cording to its supporters.=0A=0AThe general NAN (Neighborhood-Aware-Network= ing) concept makes a lot of sense at one level, but as an Internet guy, it = troubles me that they decided to split from the Internet and go a balkanize= d direction. To me, the neighborhood is interesting only as part of a large= r Internet.=0A=0AIt also troubles me that WiFi Aware is a "certification pr= ogram" rather than a real standard, and has serious problems with supportin= g Internet. But there will be devices that require it.=0A=0A=0A