The barker preamble bit is set when a station associates which does not support short preambles. When it is 0, short preambles are allowed. Index: epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c =================================================================== --- epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c (revision 18775) +++ epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c (working copy) -1834,7 +1834,7 g_snprintf (print_buff, SHORT_STR, "%sNon-ERP STAs, %suse protection, %s preambles", erp_info & 0x01 ? "" : "no ", erp_info & 0x02 ? "" : "do not ", - erp_info & 0x04 ? "short or long": "long"); + erp_info & 0x04 ? "long" : "short or long"); print_buff[SHORT_STR-1] = '\0'; g_snprintf (out_buff, SHORT_STR, "ERP info: 0x%x (%s)",erp_info,print_buff);