orinoco_cs 802.2 encapsulation/decaprulation problem

[Bijan Tuysserkani]

Go into orinoco.c and change the field in the 
snap encapsulation header  from 00 00 f8 to all 0s. 

- Bijan
--- "Zhang, Defu" <Defu.Zhang at compaq.com> wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> Laptop running RedHat 7.1 upgraded kernel to Linux
> 2.4.9, compiled
> orinoco_cs as module.
> The WLAN card is ORiNOCO silver.
> 
> From this laptop (installed with ORiNOCO silver),
> ping another PC on the
> same sub-network
> 
> 	98 bytes ICMP echo (ping) request message sent from
> laptop 
> 	The destination PC received the packet, and this
> packet becomes
> 106 bytes. 
> 	There are 8 bytes automatically added into the
> packet. 
> 	Before IP header, it adds: aa aa 03 00 00 f8
> 	At the end of the packet, it adds: 41 43.
> 
> The extra bytes are 802.2 SNAP ecapsulation bytes. 
> 
> The destination PC IP stack does not understand the
> unknown 0xaaaa
> protocol type. ping was failed.
> 
> If insert wired Ethernet card, the smae laptop and
> Linux OS works fine
> and ping was successful
> If installed with Win20000, the smae laptop and same
> silver-card works
> fine and ping was successful.
> 
> Looks like this is the problem with orinoco_cs and
> silver card.
> 
> Any body knows how to solve this problem?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Defu Zhang
> Compaq Telecom
> 1255 W. 15th Street, Suite 8000
> Plano, TX 75075
> Tel: 972-516-6033
> 
> 
> 
> 


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