Aleksander Trofimowicz wrote:
> On 08/03/07, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Can you run kismet with the ar5212 and send me the .dump file with the
>> faulty buffer length? Please
>> send it to me alone, as the entire mailing list doesn't need to
>> receive the entire file.
>>
> Today I inspected packets in greater detail and found what's really
> going on. dhclient fails to do its work right just after it tries to
> request an ip address from a previous lease and a dhcp server refuse
> to do so.  In such circumstances dhclient-script restarts a network
> device, which in case of my wifi card results in losing association
> with bss (look at the last three DHCPDISCOVER packets), and then tries
> to follow the standard four-phase dhcp procedure.
> 
> In the meantime, both iwconfig and the kernel ring buffer still
> suggest that the card is associated with ap.
> 
> I think this vulnerability can be tested on your equipment too.
> 
> A dump file contains three scenerios:
> 1. DHCPDISCOVER->DHCPOFFER->DHCPREQUEST->DHCPACK (works, dhclient
> without the list of old leases)
> 2. DHCPREQUEST->DHCPACK (works, dhclient with the list of old leases
> and no one has its ip addr on local net)
> 3.DHCPREQUEST->DHCPNACK -> 1. (doesn't work, dhclient with the list of
> old leases, but some one has its ip addr on local net already)
> 
> Is this a well known issue?

The reason you are having trouble is that your AP has a NULL SSID. I'm not sure 
the bcm43xx-softmac
combination will work. I know it does not if the ESSID is hidden.

Please set the SSID to something that is non-NULL and I'll take another look at 
your data if it
still doesn't work.

Larry
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