Re: Big Temporary Networks

Seth Mos wrote:

Yes, radvd has a configuration option to send unicast packets. But I think the effects are slightly overstated.

A senario considered by IEEE11ai is that a very crowded train arrives at a station and all the smart phones of passengers try to connect to APs. Then, it is essential to reduce the number of control packet exchanges.

Also note that some wifi networks eat DHCPv4 broadcasts too,

As I already stated, DHCP discover/request from STA to AP is unicast.

And if the wifi network is so bad that you have icmp and udp dropping

I'm afraid you don't understand CSMA/CA at all. Masataka Ohta