hostapd: Confusion (IOCTL_SET_KEY)

[Nazeer Khan]

Hi,

I am using hostapd with madwifi. I have a little confusion about how
hostapd set and get encryption keys.

Can someone tell what is the basic difference between the following two.

madwifi_set_key: alg=CCMP addr=00:13:CE:ED:36:9E key_idx=0
madwifi_set_key: alg=TKIP addr=00:00:00:00:00:00 key_idx=1

What is confusing me is that what will be the difference if we specify the
MAC address of the station or if we specify 00:00:00:00:00:00.

Secondly, when hostapd is requesting for the key, it is always using
00:00:00:00:00:00 as MAC address, why not the MAC address of the station?

Thank you

Nazeer


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