Oct 16, 2016

MAC header - Frame Control - "To DS" and "From DS"

The "To DS" and "From DS" indicate the flow of the 802.11 data frames between a WLAN environment and the distribution system (DS).

Above the picture from CWAP

There are four possible combinations for "To DS" and "From DS" as summary in the following table.


To DS = 0 and From DS = 1
It indicates that an 802.11 data frame is being sent downstream from an access point to a client. For example, a DHCP offer packet through an AP to a client station.

To DS = 1 and Frome DS = 0
It indicates that an 802.11 data frame is being sent upstream from a client station to an access point. For example a client station sending DHCP request packet through an AP to DHCP server.
 

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