Re: Ethernet type 0x888e : filter ?

From: Jouni Malinen (jkmaline_at_cc.hut.fi)
Date: 2002-05-13 18:22:39 UTC

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On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 06:45:21PM +0200, Dominique Blas wrote:

> Curiously where xsupplicant sends a 802.1x packet (Ethernet type 0x888e)
> nothing is received on the HostAP side whereas ARP, IP, etc packets are
> correctly received.
>
> Is there a "filter" in HostAP that could allowed only "regular" types to be
> accepted ?

There is no explicit filter for different types, but the frame encapsulation/decapsulation code (which is handling snap header) is quite limited at the moment. I have received a patch for IPX support for similar problems and I'll try to also check other possible encapsulation types when applying this patch. This will hopefully also fix this problem.

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