Greetings, I'd like to add a vendor-specific Information Element to the Beacon and Probe Response frames. ========================================================================= My hostapd.conf looks like this: ========================================================================= interface=wlan0 # driver=nl80211 # doesn't matter if I choose nl80211 or the default, same behavior logger_stdout=-1 logger_stdout_level=0 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd ctrl_interface_group=0 ssid=Test country_code=CH hw_mode=g channel=6 vendor_elements=DD<length><oui><subtype><elements> ========================================================================= Running on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B with the hostapd from apt-get: ========================================================================= pi@raspberrypi:~ $ hostapd -v hostapd v2.3 User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator Copyright (c) 2002-2014, Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> and contributors ========================================================================= The AP works fine (I can connect, but don't get an IP because I don't need DHCP -- I just want the vendor element in the beacon for now) ========================================================================= pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf Failed to create interface mon.wlan0: -95 (Operation not supported) wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE wlan0: Could not connect to kernel driver Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy and ssid "Test" wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED wlan0: AP-ENABLED wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated wlan0: AP-STA-CONNECTED xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx RADIUS: starting accounting session XXXXXXXX-00000000 wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: disassociated wlan0: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ========================================================================= When I check with Wireshark, the vendor element is not included in the beacons, though (OS X with sudo open Wireshark.app, and Monitoring on, while associated with the AP to monitor its channel). ========================================================================= Frame 610: 206 bytes on wire (1680 bits), 206 bytes captured (1680 bits) on interface 0 Radiotap Header v0, Length 25 802.11 radio information IEEE 802.11 Beacon frame, Flags: ........C IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN management frame Fixed parameters (12 bytes) Tagged parameters (141 bytes) Tag: SSID parameter set: Test Tag: Supported Rates 1(B), 2(B), 5.5(B), 11(B), 18, 24, 36, 54, [Mbit/sec] Tag: DS Parameter set: Current Channel: 6 Tag: Traffic Indication Map (TIM): DTIM 0 of 0 bitmap Tag: Country Information: Country Code CH, Environment Any Tag: Power Constraint: 0 Tag: TPC Report Transmit Power: 17, Link Margin: 0 Tag: ERP Information Tag: Extended Supported Rates 6, 9, 12, 48, [Mbit/sec] Tag: HT Capabilities (802.11n D1.10) Tag: HT Information (802.11n D1.10) Tag: Extended Capabilities (1 octet) Tag: Vendor Specific: Broadcom Tag: Vendor Specific: Microsof: WMM/WME: Parameter Element I expect my additional vendor-specific element to be present in this list, but it's not. How can I expose my vendor-specific Information Element to the Probe response and Beacon frames? Thanks Etan _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap