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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I noticed a strange behaviour about the RTS/CTS
mechanism.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've threee Netgear wireless cards(STA: v1.3.6)
with hostap 0.0.3 in managed, master and monitor mode, with the RTS/CTS feature
set to off.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>During netperf sessions from the managed one to the
master, I can see RTS frames sent by the managed to the master and consenquent
CTS frames. This happens only when the recevied signal strength (at the
master which is the recevier fo the managed) is very low (when I raise the tx
power in the managed, the RTS disappear).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this due to corrupted frames (but I don't
believe) ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't believe this is due to driver, but to the
card itself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did anyone notice a similar behaviour?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Francesco</FONT></DIV>
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