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Re: ath9k has buggy promiscuous mode

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Erwin Van de Velde <erwin.vandevelde@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> When using promiscuous mode on a ath9k chipset, it does not capture 
> packets from the access point to other stations.
>
> e.g. a ping from S to T over AP results in:
> echo request S -> AP
> echo reply AP -> S
>
> Where echo request AP -> T is missing.

How did you test this exactly? If you just do 'tcpdump -i wlan0' in
managed mode which is expected. If you use monitor mode (iw wlan0 set
type monitor) when you would see all frames in the air.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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