if_run in hostap mode: issue with stations in the power save mode

Alexander Zagrebin alex at zagrebin.ru
Mon Feb 7 06:10:05 UTC 2011


Hi!

On 06.02.2011 11:32:40 +0100, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:

> > I had the doubts about ability to change or hide/unhide the SSID, but
> > it works too. It seems that after `ifconfig wlan0 ssid ...` or
> > `ifconfig wlan0 (hidessid|-hidessid)` the following occurs:
> > 1. run_newstate() is called
> > 2. run_newstate() invokes run_update_beacon_cb()
> > 3. run_update_beacon_cb() invokes ieee80211_beacon_update()
> > But I couldn't understand where ieee80211_beacon_update() can change
> > a SSID...
> 
> As I see it, it can't. Only a call to ieee80211_beacon_construct() would 
> do that. Can I talk you into figuring out what's going on here? Getting 
> a definitive statement about SSID changes are correctly handled (by 
> means of a trace) would help alot.

Yes, sure!
What kind of information you need?

-- 
Alexander Zagrebin


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