Subject: Re: [802.11] Enabling beacon frames reception in hostap mode
To: None <jacereda@users.sourceforge.net (Jorge Ramon Acereda\>
From: None <jacereda@users.sourceforge.net (Jorge Ramon Acereda\>
List: tech-net
Date: 01/21/2004 18:44:08
jacereda@users.sourceforge.net (Jorge Ramon Acereda Maci=E1) writes:
> David Young <dyoung@pobox.com> writes:
> > It looks like you have found a bug in ath(4). I cannot receive beacons
> > in hostap mode, either. Monitor mode just crashes the computer (Maybe
> > I am using an out-of-date HAL.)
>=20
> Now, I've tried the following and it seems to work, but I've
> serious doubts it is The Right Thing :-)

<...>

Forget the patch. Nope, it doesn't work. I get packets, but they
shouldn't be beacons. I can't ping the devices.=20

So, is this an incorrect behaviour of the driver? Should I be getting
the beacons in hostap mode?