On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 2:19 PM, Denton Gentry <dgentry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:00 PM <hostap-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:19:41 -0600 >> From: Swapnil Samant <swapnilsamant@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Passive Taxonomy of Wifi Clients using MLME Frame Contents >> Message-ID: >> < > CAPJcZmTufCmS+x6niTeNWN3jcBjs1zv47hEGXpQdvH+rMVo8Yg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > >> Hello, I am trying to use the passive taxonomy feature of hostapd. I >> have compiled hostapd using the CONFIG_TAXONOMY flag and trying to get >> the clients signature using the hostapd_cli "signature" command. When >> I run the command hostapd_cli signature pp:qq:rr:ss:tt:uu, I can't get >> the clients signature. I am using hosted v 2.6 with dnsmasq 2.79. The >> clients are connecting to the hostapd (verified with hostapd_cli >> all_sta) but I can't get the signature. I would appreciate any help I >> can get from you guys. Thank you! > > > A couple possibilities: > 1. I recall on OpenWRT the default compilation flags resulted in getting no > signature back via hostapd_cli. However I think it failed all CLI commands, > and you said all_sta works, so that is likely not it. > > 2. hostapd has to have seen both a probe request and an association request > from the client before it can form a signature. There are a few clients > which are very sparing in sending probes, notably ChromeOS. The client can > be joined via just seeing the beacon and sending an Associate Request, but > not have a signature until hostapd sees a probe. > > _______________________________________________ > Hostap mailing list > Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap Thank you for the response, Mr. Gentry. Not sure what was wrong with the setup earlier. After a clean setup of OS, hostapd and dnsmasq everything seems to be working great. _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
