In a WiFi capture log, the 11ac “beamformed” and TXOP_PS_NOT_ALLOWED bits are shown as “true” in radiotap and “false” in "802.11 radio"

This issue was migrated from bug 14266 in our old bug tracker.

Original bug information:

Reporter: zpc…@‍yah…
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Wireshark
Component: Dissection engine (libwireshark)
OS: Windows 10
Platform: x86-64
Version: 2.4.2

Attachments:

bf_question.pdf: This is a screen shot of the capture log. Sorry cannot upload a capture file.
beamformed.pcap: Radiotap header with the VHT beam formed flag set
: screen shot of the "beamformed.pcap"
beamformed_bug_radioheader.pcapng: Radio header of beamformed packet.

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