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Topic: About the 802.11 protocol...................................

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How to read the driver code? And I'm a newbie by the way.

Is it possible to modify those code as I wish? I don't want to follow the 802.11 rule.

For example, I need the station wait, and ap send connection request...

beef9999@qq.com

If you find what driver your device uses, you can just look at the source available in the kernel sources. For example, an Atheros 802.11N device uses the ath9k driver.

In theory it's possible to modify the driver as you wish, since it's open source. However, depending on what you want to do, this could be complicated. Also, modifying very low-level behavior may require information about the device firmware, and the specs for this are often not publicly available.

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