Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark source for linux with 80211s capture support

From: Chris Maynard <chris.maynard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 15:58:05 +0000 (UTC)
Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@...> writes:

> 
> Bishal Thapa wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   Does the latest Wireshark source for linux come with 802.11s (mesh
protocol) support? I am basically
> looking for a wireshark source that does not require any patches for 802.11s
support.
> 
> Such support was added via 
> https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2313
> 
> Those changes are present in (at least) the 1.2 and later versions.
> 
> A quick search on the bug database does not indicate any additional 
> patches against the functionality.

As I indicated on ask [1], I don't think it was supported until at least r32955
[2].  The original patch was submitted for it via bug 4793 [3], although there
appear to be some updates to it afterwards, such as in r32990 [4], and possibly
others.

Anyway, I don't think the 1.2 branch supports it.  If you want to stick with the
stable branch, then I'd recommend downloading the latest (as of this writing)
1.4.6 sources [5], or if you want to try the development branch, then download
the latest (again, as of this writing) 1.5.1 sources [6].  And if you want to
live on the absolute bleeding edge, then download the sources from the
subversion repository (See [7]).

[1] http://ask.wireshark.org/questions/4062/80211s-support-without-patch
[2] http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=32955
[3] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4793
[4] http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=32990
[5] http://wiresharkdownloads.riverbed.com/wireshark/src/wireshark-1.4.6.tar.bz2
[6] http://wiresharkdownloads.riverbed.com/wireshark/src/wireshark-1.5.1.tar.bz2
[7] http://www.wireshark.org/develop.html