That's neat! Thanks for sharing =) Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Jeromie Reeves <[email protected]>wrote: > Probes, which can be thought of as beacons from a AP. The STA has 2 > ways to find APs. Passive and Active. Passive, it just starts > at channel 1 and waits X time for a beacon, then moves to the next > channel (this can be in any order based on manufacture, seams like > it would be faster to passively wait on the odd even channels since > most radios will receive a packet that is off by 1 channel). Active > the send out a probe request asking for AP ESSIS/BSSID X/Y and follows > the same pattern as passive, but waiting only as long as its > probe response timeout allows for. This is what makes some STA's > re-associate really fast, and others slowly. > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Josh Luthman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > That seems like a waste, what does it tx? > > > > On May 21, 2011 1:10 AM, "Jeromie Reeves" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yup they do. > >> > >> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:51 AM, David E. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:35, Josh Luthman < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Why would the radio ever be transmitting if it's in station mode? I > >>>> thought it only listened this way (and should replicate across > Tranzeo, > >>>> other 802.11 product, etc). > >>> > >>> I honestly thought that even unconnected stations periodically > >>> transmitted > >>> beacon frames, but it's been rather a long time since I read that > >>> O'Reilly > >>> book on the 802.11 standards. > >>> > >>> David Smith > >>> MVN.net > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >>> > >>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >>> > >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >>> > >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >> > >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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