Re: Passive scan mode

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 08:32:11AM -0700, Ernie Brauer wrote:
> How do I enable passive scan mode?  In the code I've
> seen how a requested scan can be passive or active but
> I want to tell the chip to only do passive scans.

You have to have secondary firmware 1.5.1 or newer for passive scans to 
work, though if you're using a recent driver release it does firmware 
loads for you anyway.
 
> I've even hard coded it in prism2sta_globalsetup():
> 
>   UINT16      word = host2hfa384x_16(100);
>   hfa384x_t    *hw = (hfa384x_t *)wlandev->priv;
> [...]
>   result = hfa384x_drvr_setconfig16(hw,
>           HFA384x_RID_CNFPASSIVESCANCTRL, word);
> 
> But I still see beacon frames coming from my station.

Perhaps you mean probe requests?  If you're seeing beacons then you're 
not running in STA mode.

 - Solomon
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