[PATCH] Send probe as unicast in joining state

Olof Johansson dev at skyshaper.net
Wed May 29 02:34:02 EDT 2013


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> Eugene Krasnikov <k.eugene.e at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> While joining mac will try to send direct probe in case mac
>> never received any probes from AP. But mac instead of sending
>> unicast probe will send broadcast probe because some APs do
>> not answer to direct packet in unassociated state. And HW
>> cannot send broadcast packets in joining state so trick it
>> like we are sending unicast probe instead of broadcast.

Would it be possible to always send probe req with bcast=false and
just remove the is_joining state or would that have some unforseen
consequence? :)

--
Olof



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