Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] 802.11 FCS not detected in mgmt frames?

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:28:25 -0800
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 02:53:28PM -0800, Aleksandr Milewski wrote:
> I just built a machine to run as a wireless sniffer, and things are 
> mostly working, but all 802.11 management frames come through as 
> malformed, apparently because the FCS isn't dissected properly.
> 
> In particular, the end of every packet is a random tag number with a 
> random length...it looks like the FCS is getting dissected as a TLV.

I'd need to see a capture in order to see why it's happening.

> I searched through the archives and saw indications that this was 
> going to be fixed, but it doesn't seem to be so.

Where did you see that in the archive?