Hi all, Is there a way to receive the raw 802.11 packets up from the WiFi card? I am guessing that the filter is set on the WiFi card to only pass up packets with the destination address being the MAC of the WiFi card. I was wondering if it is possible to change this filter, and receive other packets up? It'd be great to hear what can be done without rooting.
As a compromise, is it possible to receive just broadcast packets up? (e.g., to MAC ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff). I found the following in the WiFi documentation: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.MulticastLock.html However, I get the feeling that it is referring to IP multicast packets and not 802.11 broadcast packets. Is this true? If so, I feel that it is very odd to place it in the WifiManger, as IP multicast has to do with transport layer (parsed well above the WiFi stack), and would best belong in the socket library. However, if it does have to deal with 802.11 broadcast packets, I'd love a pointer on documentation for how to receive them. I haven't been able to find anything on this yet. Thanks, George -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
