Hostapd AP SSID broadcast problem

[Jouni Malinen]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 04:34:00PM +0200, Pertti Niinimäki wrote:
> From the Hostap source code I’ve been trying to identify, which are
> the preconditions and timing
> for 802.11 type broadcast beacons, but so far without success.

hostapd does not actually transmit the Beacon frames. It provides a
frame template to the kernel (driver or 802.11 stack) and the actual
transmission is coordinated by the WLAN driver (and/or firmware).

With some drivers (e.g., most drivers using mac80211), hostapd takes
care of Probe Request frame processing and sending of the Probe Response
frames (which have similar information to the Beacon frames).

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA