Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([144.76.43.152]:44241 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964922AbaDIU1t (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2014 16:27:49 -0400 Message-ID: <1397075249.4964.19.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20140409_222753_634947_5A3B1F6C) Subject: Re: iwlwifi: Invalid RXON when trying to join IBSS network From: Johannes Berg To: Stefan Pietsch Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:27:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5345A814.8090301@sp.consulting.lsexperts.de> References: <534464F9.1080805@sp.consulting.lsexperts.de> (sfid-20140408_233636_176148_44D5A66B) <1397029645.4964.1.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> <5345A814.8090301@sp.consulting.lsexperts.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2014-04-09 at 22:05 +0200, Stefan Pietsch wrote: > [ 489.184233] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join > [ 489.320584] wlan0: Selected IBSS BSSID 55:44:33:22:11:00 based on > configured SSID Well, 55:... still has the multicast bit set. Clearly this is a bug and we should just refuse this in mac80211, but by setting the BSSID by hand to an invalid value you're really just shooting yourself in the foot. :) johannes