Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:11:13 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: Rudolf Cejka <cejkar@fit.vutbr.cz>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to connect to wireless 802.11 AP with hidden SSID Message-ID: <20050826041113.GC28894@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <430E667D.50508@FreeBSD.org> References: <20050825134924.GA87803@fit.vutbr.cz> <430E667D.50508@FreeBSD.org>
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--L6iaP+gRLNZHKoI4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 05:46:53PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Rudolf Cejka wrote: > > Hello, > > after an upgrade from 5.x to 7.x (Aug 22), I'm unable to connect to > > wireless 802.11 access point, which hides its own SSID, using dhclient > > (manual settings do work, however it is not very good workaround...). >=20 > I can't judge the validity of the patch, but I did want to give a "me too" > on the new dhclient inexplicably blanking a valid ssid when it's started. > The ssid on my APs is not hidden now, although I have seen this behavior > with both hidden and visible ssids. Which device are you using? This certainly sounds like a driver bug to me. I can't seem to trivialy replicate it with the iwi(4) or ath(4) nics I use with me laptop. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --L6iaP+gRLNZHKoI4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDDpZgXY6L6fI4GtQRAjtVAKDbPiem6TCRBcylvu5fJkV2dpOT+ACdEE8o YoVGREbsp4Qe/HmQDe08Pg0= =j5cH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --L6iaP+gRLNZHKoI4--
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