Re: wifi beacons show up as malformed

[Anthony Murabito <anthony.murabito () gmail com>]

https://wiki.wireshark.org/Wi-Fi <https://wiki.wireshark.org/Wi-Fi>

It’s a setting in preferences for 802.11. 

Some capture software will mute FCS to all zero value. 
Ideally you want FCS captured, and wireshark to be able to validate it. 

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Reinoud Koornstra <reinoudkoornstra () gmail com> wrote:
>
> Hi Anthony,
>
> I am not sure whether my installation is configured to assume FCS.
> Since other people do not show those packets as malformed, perhaps I
> have that set?
> What can I check this/how to turn that off?
> Thanks,
>
> Reinoud.
>
> Th
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:02 PM Anthony Murabito
> <anthony.murabito () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Do your captured packets include an FCS?
> > Is your wireshark installation configured to assume packets have FCS?
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 29, 2019, at 5:37 PM, Reinoud Koornstra <reinoudkoornstra () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > Ive got something other people i know are not experiencing.
> > > When I am opening a sniff with wifi traffic, all beacons show up as malformed.
> > > Same with probe responses and lots of other traffic.
> > > When other's I know open that file on their own machine, it shows fine.
> > > I seem to be the only one who's having this problem.
> > > I resintalled wireshark, but to no avail.
> > > Did anyone experience this, is there a setting or anything I can do to
> > > remedy this?
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Reinoud.
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