Re: CAPWAP BOF follow up: nmrg - CAPWAP

["James Kempf" <kempf@docomolabs-usa.com>]

> Given that effective load balancing requires interactions between clients
> and APs, and given the quality of vendor "value add" so far, it would be
> difficult for the IETF to create algorithms any worse than what is already
> shipping in today's products.
>

Maybe the problem is a basic defect in the IEEE "host chooses" approach? If
load balancing requires some interaction between the clients and APs, then a
basic handover approach that lets the host simply move to whatever AP it
chooses without any interaction may be more prone to instability.

            jak