BeaconScanner Element Documentation

BeaconScanner -- Click element; Listens for 802.11 beacons and sends probe requests.

BeaconScanner

Ports: 1 input, 1 output
Processing: agnostic
Package: wifi (core)

scan read (only)

Statistics about access points that the element has received beacons from.

reset (read/write)

Clear the list of access points.

(channel)

If the channel is greater than 0, it will only record statistics for beacons received with that channel in the packet. If channel is 0, it will record statistics for all beacons received. If channel is less than 0, it will discard all beaconds

  FromDevice(ath0) 
  -> Prism2Decap()
  -> ExtraDecap()
  -> Classifier(0/80%f0)  // only beacon packets
  -> bs :: BeaconScanner()
  -> Discard;

EtherEncap

Generated by 'click-elem2man' from '../elements/wifi/station/beaconscanner.hh' on 24/May/2007.