From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 3 10:29:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B68EADB for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 10:29:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22f.google.com (mail-wi0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7F60848 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 10:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id d1so6717797wiv.14 for ; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 03:29:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AyhYb/Oc8QcLSTuHupmQ2YSSMHmEaZnsu2jYCSjg0FU=; b=rA0eCHE+6mQcbxsFy0NZhEAqR4Yr75vPEKSd8YVnDSm7K8SWdsHrAQmAUdORo1pUEH XdnSX39bdZcbmX2T0npQToQgmTiV73Mdg2lWCjBYf+u6QGu73aPIrRvy9nBJYBUtEwpq UL/BtHTpDegl3TEMjme0g/88XKwxgAe49knYUK7dCor13X2kD6a7nNSjqqN/M4e15u8G PDA87dyu6T07KD0u3aMbLNdaiwoFSeIxshRMyk7EebDLbfr6b5JCwTiIUR4ejW0DWadQ wxBRRiT7ysuTLWCdTbTIj6tNdhhQZNB5foFmYlP6YUAltTge3H3kDWZKpEDfsAqnbh+J ydjw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.9.73 with SMTP id x9mr11323510wia.20.1412332156196; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 03:29:16 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.106.136 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 03:29:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201410031027.s93AQsWr057839@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201410031027.s93AQsWr057839@fire.js.berklix.net> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 03:29:16 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: KOIFxY4-KXT1DPmntMscyCEK4To Message-ID: Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ? From: Adrian Chadd To: "Julian H. Stacey" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:29:18 -0000 I believe it only does it when you set scan_ssid=1. -a (This is my sig when I'm lazy/tired. :) On 3 October 2014 03:26, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >> On 2 October 2014 16:30, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >> > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937 >> > "smartphones and tablets regularly broadcast the SSIDs (service set >> > identifiers), or names, of those networks. " >> > >> > Does FreeBSD also periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ? > > Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Depends if wpa_supplicant is configured to do active scanning or not. >> -a > > Sorry, I don't understand ? On latest current: > > man wpa_supplicant has no '-a' > & There is no word `active` in man wpa_supplicant.conf > > I see with default scan_ssid=0 FreeBSD sends a broadcast Probe Request frame. > If some network blocks within a wpa_supplicant.conf have > scan_ssid=1 > then does FreeBSD actively sequence through sending > directed Probe Request frames with known net names ? > > Or are you refering to > ap_scan > or some other command ? > > Cheers, > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com > Indent previous with "> ". Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. > Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. > ShellShock - http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/bash/