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| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/mlme.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index 07d03e791bc..8b733cf6f3e 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -1038,10 +1038,19 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) { struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd; const u8 *ssid; + u8 *dst = ifmgd->associated->bssid; + u8 unicast_limit = max(1, IEEE80211_MAX_PROBE_TRIES - 3); + + /* + * Try sending broadcast probe requests for the last three + * probe requests after the first ones failed since some + * buggy APs only support broadcast probe requests. + */ + if (ifmgd->probe_send_count >= unicast_limit) + dst = NULL; ssid = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(ifmgd->associated, WLAN_EID_SSID); - ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, ifmgd->associated->bssid, - ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0); + ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, dst, ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0); ifmgd->probe_send_count++; ifmgd->probe_timeout = jiffies + IEEE80211_PROBE_WAIT; |