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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm trying to get a better understanding of the monitor mode. In particular I would like to know the following :</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">( In the HOST side, I switched from Managed to Monitor mode.)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does the driver monitor the channel corresponding to the ESSID and/or the frequency/channel (delivered through iwconfig)?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does the monitor mode preclude the host to associate with the access point corresponding to the ESSID and/or the frequency/channel (delivered through iwconfig)?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Before the last hostap_release (2002-10-12) the monitor mode seem to preclude association between the host and the AP (that is what I'm looking for by the way). The host was really passive.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With last release (2002-10-12), the host can still send and receive packets in monitor mode meaning the host seems associated with the AP.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What I'm really target is a host being able to listen only (no uplink traffic at all) a particular channel.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you to clarify my doubts.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=5 FACE="Roman">Guillaume Bichot</FONT></B>
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