Protected flag is clear in Monitor Mode

Kalle Valo kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com
Fri May 16 05:45:31 PDT 2014


Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com> writes:

> I try to use ath10k (firmware version 10.1.467.2-1_ as standalone
> monitor mode. I assume that monitor mode will allows the frame to pass
> to upper layer without any modification.
>
> But it seems that the protected flag in frame control is clear while I
> capture with wireshark. I has verified that the ath9k has not such
> issue and the protected flag is set.
>
> So is this a known issue in monitor mode for ath10k?

I don't recall anyone mentioning anything like this so I would say this
is not a known issue. But on the other hand, I'm notorious in forgetting
stuff :)

What we really need is a public bug tracker for ath10k.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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