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streetpass data is initially stored in NAND, then moved to extdata by games.
'''StreetPass''' is a feature that allow your 3DS to connect with other 3DS using WiFi in standby mode.
'''StreetPass''' is a feature that allow your 3DS to connect with other 3DS using WiFi in standby mode.
It can be used to share Mii(s) on Mii Plaza for example. Games' StreetPass data is stored on [[SD_Filesystem|SD card]] under [[extdata]], while Mii Plaza StreetPass data is stored on NAND. Not all StreetPass data is stored on SD card: "StreetPass Management" can still be used without a SD card inserted. Wifi infrastructure with APs are used to communicate, like WMB and multi-player.
It can be used to share Mii(s) on Mii Plaza for example. Games' StreetPass data is stored on [[SD_Filesystem|SD card]] under [[extdata]], while Mii Plaza StreetPass data is stored on NAND. Not all StreetPass data is stored on SD card: "StreetPass Management" can still be used without a SD card inserted. Wifi infrastructure with APs are used to communicate, like WMB and multi-player.
StreetPass in sleepmode can work without SD card inserted. Games' Streetpass data are temporarily stored in NAND, and when the games process the StreetPass data they move that data to extdata on SD card.
Using Wireshark tool with a WiFi card in monitor mode allow you to see the data used to scan for other 3DS in the range. The below is a broadcast probe request from an 3DS while in standby mode, with SSID "Nintendo_3DS_continuous_scan_000". When in "active" mode, 3DS sends probe requests with arbitrary random SSID strings, like "ic[kSvm9s@*cYD>/~IEVj\(fGG;qDo8j". This frame also contains a custom Nintendo tag, the contents of this tag from different 3ds captures don't match. Probe responses contain the same Nintendo tag data as the probe requests from the same 3DS. The MAC address used in sleepmode seems to change every time there's a streetpass hit, as well as the last 8-bytes of the Nintendo tag data?
Using Wireshark tool with a WiFi card in monitor mode allow you to see the data used to scan for other 3DS in the range. The below is a broadcast probe request from an 3DS while in standby mode, with SSID "Nintendo_3DS_continuous_scan_000". When in "active" mode, 3DS sends probe requests with arbitrary random SSID strings, like "ic[kSvm9s@*cYD>/~IEVj\(fGG;qDo8j". This frame also contains a custom Nintendo tag, the contents of this tag from different 3ds captures don't match. Probe responses contain the same Nintendo tag data as the probe requests from the same 3DS. The MAC address used in sleepmode seems to change every time there's a streetpass hit, as well as the last 8-bytes of the Nintendo tag data?