No. I am trying to build an AP. Hence, the interface is in AP mode. Can an interface be put in both AP and Monitor so that i just have one interface which i can use to get packets in user space in 802.11 format? Some form of netfilter for wifi packets would help. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > shankar swaminathan <shankswa@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I would like to know if 802.11 packets could be hooked from the mac80211 >> module to the user space. >> >> Basically, I run a module that needs the 802.11 pkts without converting >> them to 802.3. >> >> I am able to register for MLME pkts but not sure whether I can register for >> data pkts and get them to user space. > > Have you tried adding a monitor interface and taking packets from that? > > -- > Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
