OID_DOT11_UPDATE_IE

This object identifier requests that the underlying card add or update one or more IEs for an already started BSS.

The card must remember the passed-in parameters and use it for forming and sending out beacon and probe response frames.

The NIC must not reset its state for updating the IEs.

The operating system (OS) presents the new IEs to be added or updated as a contiguous byte array using the same format as that of the information elements specified in the standard.

While parsing the byte array, if the NIC comes across an information element that it does not understand, it must save that element. If there is a saved copy, the NIC must overwrite the saved copy with the new copy supplied by OS.

In sending out beacon and probe response frames, the card then must concatenate all information elements that it could not understand.

See Also

802.1x Authentication | Network Drivers

 Last updated on Tuesday, May 18, 2004

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