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Advertising and Hops settings
I have roamed around the Internet and on this site for a little bit and I don't seem to be able to find a descriptive and practical description or discussion of the Advertisement Period or Hops setti...
The advertisement time is there to inform clients the maximum time a device's services will be available. A device that may come and go quickly may want to use a shorter advertisement time so that clients quickly time out information about the device, while more permanent devices may use a longer advertisement time. The rationale is to save network bandwidth by sending fewer advertisements, but given network speeds today, this really isn't a problem any more. Don't worry about these settings. The defaults are fine and changing them isn't going to make one whit of difference.
Hmmmm..... On page 21 it calls a cell phone an example of a short term device....
What don't I get here? Throughout the spec it references short term and long term 'devices' in ways that imply media streamers, cell phones, servers etc. would be devices with different connection times, from short term ad-hoc connections to a class with long term to permanent connections.
The upside of this discussion is that at the end of it I hope to understand the whole concept better. I was really looking for a cookbook style description of advertisement and hops but being a rusty tech this will help me get it a little better. I still don't get it yet.....
Thanks for your time,
pete
The advertisement time is there to inform clients the maximum time a device's services will be available. A device that may come and go quickly may want to use a shorter advertisement time so that clients quickly time out information about the device, while more permanent devices may use a longer advertisement time. The rationale is to save network bandwidth by sending fewer advertisements, but given network speeds today, this really isn't a problem any more. Don't worry about these settings. The defaults are fine and changing them isn't going to make one whit of difference.
I get that it is a legacy setting. So I won't spend any more time on this.