On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 02:13:14PM +0000, Etan Kissling wrote: > I've retried with the latest hostapd release, but same result: The vendor IE is not being broadcast, although it is specified in hostapd.conf. > These were my complete steps, from a clean Raspbian Jessie Lite 2016-05-27 installation on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. It sounds like the driver used on that device does not support this. hostapd is requesting it to be added, as shown here: > + vendor_elements=DD0401020300 > nl80211: Set beacon (beacon_set=0) > nl80211: Beacon tail - hexdump(len=15): 2a 01 04 32 04 30 48 60 6c dd 04 01 02 03 00 The extra element is there at the end of the Beacon tail.. > nl80211: beacon_ies - hexdump(len=6): dd 04 01 02 03 00 > nl80211: proberesp_ies - hexdump(len=6): dd 04 01 02 03 00 And also in the specific IE lists for Beacon and Probe Response frames.. In other words, this question should be directed to whoever supports the specific Wi-Fi hardware/driver. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap