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Date:      Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:45:12 +0100
From:      Martin <nakal@web.de>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/149516: [ath] ath(4) hostap with fake MAC/BSSID results in station dropping packets when associated
Message-ID:  <20121129214512.4909fa8f@zelda.sugioarto.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=0kvPO=ioieDeaciX2E-37RUt756qMA07W7NyoDSPzKQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Am Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:23:44 -0800
schrieb Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>:

> >  Confirmed on 9.0-RELEASE-p3. Bug still exists.
> 
> What's the fake mac address that you're using?
> 
> Some extra code went into the driver which allowed for multicast group
> keys to be programmed in correctly on later chips. They needed this to
> be done "right" in order to support muli-vap mode with encryption.
> This was done incorrectly in 8.x and I fixed it sometime before
> 9.0-REL was branched. -HEAD definitely has the "right" programming.
> 
> So, what's the fake MAC address?

Hi,

I am using this address:

d0:0f:d0:0f:d0:0f (german for "stupid-stupid-stupid) ;)

When I setup it on wlan0 and ath0, the stations can associate, but
cannot communicate with hostapd.

--
Martin



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