https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5578
Summary: Change decode text for 802.11 management frame tag 221
from "Microsoft" to "WMM"
Product: Wireshark
Version: unspecified
Platform: x86
OS/Version: Windows XP
Status: NEW
Severity: Enhancement
Priority: Low
Component: Wireshark
AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReportedBy: khcoombes@xxxxxxxxxxx
Created an attachment (id=5720)
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Image of "WMM" element in OmniPeek decode
Build Information:
Version 1.4.3 (SVN Rev 35482 from /trunk-1.4)
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First, kudos to all the developers and contributors to a great product.
Right now Wireshark decodes 802.11 management frame tag ID 221 as "Vendor
Specifc : Microsof: WME" While this text is probably consistent with other
Vendor tag IDs because of the OUI, this representation is not intuitive. For
one thing, this is not really a Microsoft element (though their OUI was
borrowed), it is a Wi-Fi Alliance element. It is a WMM (or WME if you want)
element.
Wildpackets OMNI Peek has this right for intuitiveness: They call this element
simply "WMM" which is exactly what I would be looking for when checking for WMM
settings in the 802.11 packet. I would not be looking for "Vendor Specific:
Microsf". I am attaching a screenshot of the OminPeek product for comparison.
Kind regards,
Kenneth
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