Re: Fixing beacon size

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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 07:13:44PM +0000, Peter Torelli wrote:
> I’m trying to set up a consistent test environment for experimentation. One thing that I am trying to implement is a fixed beacon size, regardless of the adapter and driver.

Beacon frames have variable length since some of the IEs can change
their length from beacon to beacon (e.g., TIM IE) and IEs can be added
or removed from Beacon frames based on the state of the BSS.

> There doesn’t appear to be driver-to-hostapd communication (or query) to determine the driver’s additions to the final beacon, as far as I can tell.
> 
> What would the group suggest as a way to solve this?

The generic case does not sound like something that could be solved
without modifying the driver/firmware to pad Beacon frames at low level
before transmission.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA

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