From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 19:37:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E321065670 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:37:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEF738FC22 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m83JbSVC003990 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:37:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <48BEE778.4000503@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:37:28 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthias Apitz References: <20080903113131.GA8697@rebelion.Sisis.de> <48BEA791.6030406@freebsd.org> <20080903190032.GA2372@rebelion.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <20080903190032.GA2372@rebelion.Sisis.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-DCC-Misty-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WPA && associating with unknown SSID X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:37:31 -0000 Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Wednesday, September 03, 2008 a las 08:04:49AM -0700, Sam Leffler escribió: > > >> Matthias Apitz wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm using WPA to connect to my various Wifi AP's (office, home, partner >>> locations) and have them well configured in the wpa_supplicant.conf(5) >>> file; >>> >>> >> >from time to time at home I encounter that it is associating with an >> >>> unknown AP of my neighbourhood: >>> >>> >>> # ifconfig iwi0 >>> iwi0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 >>> ether 00:13:ce:a1:e6:81 >>> inet 192.168.2.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 >>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) >>> status: associated >>> ssid o2DSL_kJaR channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:19:cb:86:b3:84 >>> authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit bmiss 10 >>> scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 >>> roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL >>> # ifconfig iwi0 list scan >>> SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS >>> o2DSL_kJaR 00:19:cb:86:b3:84 1 54M 19:0 100 EP >>> xxxxxxxxxxxx 00:14:6c:44:aa:f6 11 54M 13:0 100 EP WPA >>> >>> the network with SSID 'o2DSL_kJaR' is not im my >>> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf; >>> >>> how this is possible and how can I prevent this? >>> >>> >> You must have a wildcard entry in your wpa_supplicant.conf file (i.e. >> one w/o an ssid specified). >> > > Thx for the idea, but I don't have any wildcard entry; I've checked the > conf file and also wpa_cli says: > > >> list_networks >> > network id / ssid / bssid / flags > 0 santaclara any > 1 tarara any [CURRENT] > 2 OCLCPICAUK any > 3 board_room any > 4 guagua any > 5 OCN-LAN any > 6 ConnectionPoint any > > and: > > # fgrep network= /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf | wc -l > 7 > # fgrep ssid=\" /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > ssid="santaclara" > ssid="tarara" > ssid="OCLCPICAUK" > ssid="board_room" > ssid="guagua" > ssid="OCN-LAN" > ssid="ConnectionPoint" > > So far as I know this should not happen. It'd be useful to have a wpa_supplicant log that shows it associating to an ssid not listed in the config file. Sam