Methods and systems for wireless stations to wirelessly exchange configuration information using the vendor specific field of management frames (e.g. Wi-Fi™ probe request frames, Wi-Fi™ beacon frames or Wi-Fi probe response frames). Each wireless station can then use the configuration information to configure itself for a particular application or task. For example, the wireless stations may use the configuration information to determine the appropriate topology of a collection of wireless stations for the application or task. Using the management frames to exchange configuration information allows the wireless stations to exchange configuration information without being fully connected to a wireless network. This then allows the wireless stations to exchange configuration information while they are operating in a low-power mode (e.g. in a mode where the network stack is disabled).