802.11 ACK packet examination

Xinwen Fu xinwenfu at cs.tamu.edu
Mon Nov 29 21:02:56 EST 2004


> Is it possible to check/modify bits in 802.11 ACK
> packets in hostap before sending them and just after
> receiving them.  I am trying to set/check the order
> bit in Frame control for an experiment. I have been
> looking in the driver code and haven't been able to
> find code which can help examine the ACK packets. Or
> is it handled completely by the firmware ?

	ACK is done in firmware not in driver code. Basically, you cannot
do any MAC protocol stuff in driver code, and it is all done in firmware
(card ROM).

Fu



>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Rupinder
>
>
>
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