Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:29:14 -0700 From: Thomas Skibo <skibo@pacbell.net> To: Tony Saign <tony@saign.com> Cc: 'FreeBSD Mobile' <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: host AP and shared authentication mode Message-ID: <3CC89F5A.79E0E071@pacbell.net> References: <000001c1ecae$0854e2d0$1e02a8c0@frankenmobl>
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Tony Saign wrote: > > This works AWESOME! > > 128-bit WEP is working, others are unable to connect without encryption > :) Cool! > Is there any way to "close" it, so the ssid isn't visible to > dstumbler/netstumbler?? I looked into this. I can't seem to find a way to disable beacons and probe responses. They're handled by the Prism 2 firmware when port type is 6 (host AP). I wish there was a way to disable them and just manually do beacons and probes in the kernel so we could ignore probe requests with unspecified ssid and optionally disable beacons. I know that more than a few people want this feature. There is a documented "enhanced security" option which can disable beacons and ignore unspecified-SSID probe requests but it seems to only be a feature of the AP firmware (in which ALL the AP functions are handled in the Prism firmware-- I believe this is an extra-cost feature licensed to AP manufacturers). I tried enabling it and the firmware keeps rejecting the request. Maybe I should put in a request to Intersil support to see if it's just something I'm doing wrong. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ skibo@ Thomas pacbell.net Skibo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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