From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 23 17:09:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CCB18EA for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:09:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren.panchasara@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ee0-x22f.google.com (mail-ee0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4013:c00::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA0182B6E for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:09:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ee0-f47.google.com with SMTP id d49so1865270eek.6 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:09:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=O2NT1rVvHRAtACZPL8uaec48HvMW8BwBwtRX9MTLjoI=; b=Vi77WAapfKXrfqh5/6gFKriW2Oea5X0m74dPjXWQCYQPilp2ArPXhicr3UCUImAJbB fZ4IoTVTz1Nz1M/5+qcqUFdEFTqMxm3DkVtP3Yq0TGMkW6cp1Kr+5cqgoMaWXmchuk4I yeBu3r0jmrxF5Yl7LMLXrx9Luwre5RxqWDpjDP/Ag1/LNgdyOyggGGpyUlamsJLcMRgf 22mQU1qjnFTWSNOp3j03EhUn+MZEBHXmcFhygbnvNoibZ8tNBBMi5oPche4hmMrH/hJs LF3qAlTanF83M3jovJNzZGWImjgR8Kc213RcIChOw56K53XL9/tclMLeFEz0JoUa61MW AD4w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.15.36.9 with SMTP id h9mr39049326eev.30.1379956144994; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:09:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.105.137 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:09:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:09:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ath0 "monitor mode" mystery From: hiren panchasara To: Mark Moes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:09:07 -0000 On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Mark Moes wrote: > > 18:56:23.803065 9838362989us tsft 1.0 Mb/s 60dBm tx power antenna 0 2427 > > MHz 11g Probe Request () [1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 Mbit] > > That's what you're gonna see if it captures 802.11 frames; you already had > it working :) > I think you are right :-) I got confused with the tcpdump terminology. Just to conclude, for me, specifying flag MONITOR mode worked. But creating monitor mode vap did not. > > And a Probe Request is not a Beacon frame, it is sent by a device > (laptop/smartphone) when it actively scans for APs. See > http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/print.php/1447501 > Thanks a lot! Cheers, Hiren