Is the MIC of EAPoL-Key (2/4) affected by the .11 driver?

Ali Bahar ali
Tue Jun 14 16:31:44 PDT 2011


Hi Johannes,


On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 04:41:31PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:05:13 +0800, Ali Bahar wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 08:35:59PM +0800, Ali Bahar wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> is the MIC of EAPoL-Key (2/4) affected by the 802.11 driver, or is 
> >> it
> >> solely calculated by the supplicant?
> >>
> >> I am getting a "Michael MIC failure" from the AP, and am wondering 

> I'm on my wait out, but I think you're confusing the michael MIC and 

"wait out"? Way out?


> the EAPOL MIC.

I know what you mean, but wireshark (the latest, development version)
is decoding the 0x000e Reason Code as "Michael MIC failure". I did not
look it up, and instead chose to post it as is.

The main issue, of course, is that the AP is rejecting the 2/4 pkt.

thanks,
ali



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