Ticket #756: foreign_ap_assoc_fix.diff

madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_input.c

@@ -3031 +3031 @@
-                        FREE(ni->ni_challenge, M_DEVBUF);
-                        ni->ni_challenge = NULL;
-                }
+                
-                /* 802.11 spec says to ignore station's privacy bit */
+                
+                /* this code was disabled (changed to debug warning only)
+                 * due to incompatibility with many hardware access points 
+                 * in client modes. 
+                 * I don't know if this is okay, but we need it
+                 */
-                if ((capinfo & IEEE80211_CAPINFO_ESS) == 0) {
-                        IEEE80211_NOTE_MAC(vap, IEEE80211_MSG_ANY, wh->i_addr2,
-deny %s request, capability mismatch 0x%x
+%s request, capability mismatch 0x%x, continuing anyway
-                                reassoc ? "reassoc" : "assoc", capinfo);
-                        IEEE80211_SEND_MGMT(ni, resp, IEEE80211_STATUS_CAPINFO);
-                        ieee80211_node_leave(ni);
-                        vap->iv_stats.is_rx_assoc_capmismatch++;
-                        return;
-                }
+                   
+                /* IEEE80211_SEND_MGMT(ni, resp, IEEE80211_STATUS_CAPINFO);
+                 *      ieee80211_node_leave(ni);
+                 *      vap->iv_stats.is_rx_assoc_capmismatch++;
+                 *      return;
+                 * }
+                 */
-                rate = ieee80211_setup_rates(ni, rates, xrates,
-                        IEEE80211_F_DOSORT | IEEE80211_F_DOFRATE |
-                        IEEE80211_F_DONEGO | IEEE80211_F_DODEL);