Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 5578] New: Change decode text for 802.11 management frame tag 221 from "Micros

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           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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