Return-path: Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:41899 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759106Ab0ECOIX (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 May 2010 10:08:23 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8wJq-0004wF-Sq for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 03 May 2010 16:08:22 +0200 Received: from proxyext.iabg.de ([proxyext.iabg.de]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 May 2010 16:08:22 +0200 Received: from pommnitz by proxyext.iabg.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 03 May 2010 16:08:22 +0200 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Joerg Pommnitz Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: improve IBSS scanning Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 14:08:13 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <469051.90774.qm@web51402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <1272893084.3614.37.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <1272895062.3614.39.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Johannes Berg writes: > > Interesting. I guess we never rejected it although it's invalid > according to the standard. Yuck. I think I would like to make nl80211 > reject it, but maybe I'll forget about it and let you use it ;) Sorry, I don't know about mac80211. This was more a general point. I thought this woudn't work at all but a co-worker was adamant that it works fine with Madwifi. So I sat down and observed it with a monitoring interface and lo and behold: The beacons really contained the broadcast SSID.