Re: OID_802_11_SSID:Indicating success for SetInfo

From: Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] (ptobey_no_spam_at_instrument_no_spam.com)
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:12:29 -0700

Have you looked at what the sample driver in PB 4.2 shared source does?
That's what I'd model my code on...

Paul T.

"m2i3k" <m2i3k2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:80b8ee0d.0404281303.1d9024dc@posting.google.com...
> I have a driver for an 802.11 device that works on PocketPC2003 and I
> am trying to make it support windows 802.11 OIDs. Scanning works fine
> and Wireless properties panel displays all APs, and when I select one,
> OID_802_11_SSID comes to the driver correctly. I return
> NDIS_STATUS_PENDING, get the MAC to associate succesfully and in the
> assoc confirm indication I do NDisMSetInformationComplete, followed by
> NdisMIndicateStatus with NDIS_STATUS_MEDIA_CONNECT.
> OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS also returns connected state. But
> wireless
> properties does not show that I am connected to the AP. DHCP also does
> not happen. If I set a static IP ping pkts dont come to the driver.
>
> Why is this happening? Ndis goes on trying to associate
> with the other APs in the list, with the same result in each case.
> What else do I need to do to inform NDIS that the card is associated?
>
> I tried doing the connect indicate as soon as I get the set SSID
> request, to eliminate any timing problems, but there is no difference.
> I also tried to serially complete the association and return
> NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS to set SSID request, with
> NDIS_STATUS_MEDIA_CONNECT being indicated from a different context
> within 2 secs - this also did not help.
> My driver ndis version is 4.0 - when I tried building as 5.1 the
> driver did not load.



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