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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In my Michael tests I'm coming across the following message from hostapd</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">running in WPA-PSK mode:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Wireless event: cmd=0x8c02 len=81</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Custom wireless event: 'MLME-MICHAELMICFAILURE.indication</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (keyid=9 unicast addr=00:0f:20:94:54:b9)'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MLME-MICHAELMICFAILURE.indication for not </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> associated STA (00:0f:20:94:54:b9) ignored</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I also sometimes get MLME-REPLAYFAILURE from the same MAC addr.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can someone explain why a non-associated station would tell hostapd that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">there's been a MIC failure? This could be related to my problem where my</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">AP sometimes goes into TKIP countermeasures when I boot up my stations.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Also, could that other station be sending the indication due to traffic on my</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ESSID? As far as I know that station never associated with my ESSID.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Andrew Queisser</FONT>
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