EAPOLs are sent at high rates as they are considered
data packets. Some APs don't respond well to these rates
and don't respond with EAPOL 3/4.
Send EAPOLs with basic rate policy in order to avoid that.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c | 10 +++++++---
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
index 6983e7a..8ee82b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
@@ -305,11 +305,15 @@ static void wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif,
if (is_dummy || !wlvif)
rate_idx = 0;
else if (wlvif->bss_type != BSS_TYPE_AP_BSS) {
- /* if the packets are destined for AP (have a STA entry)
- send them with AP rate policies, otherwise use default
- basic rates */
+ /*
+ * if the packets are destined for AP (have a STA entry)
+ * send them with AP rate policies (EAPOLs are an exception),
+ * otherwise use default basic rates
+ */
if (control->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE)
rate_idx = wlvif->sta.p2p_rate_idx;
+ else if (skb->protocol == cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_PAE))
+ rate_idx = wlvif->sta.basic_rate_idx;
else if (control->control.sta)
rate_idx = wlvif->sta.ap_rate_idx;
else
--
1.7.4.1
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