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Date:      Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:05:13 -0800
From:      Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
Cc:        Fehmi Noyan ISI <fnoyanisi@yahoo.com>, freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant + wpa_gui have troubles when many APs have the same name
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On 11/21/2016 18:01, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it trying to send out probe requests to ALL of those devices for some reason?
>
> How many APs is too many? Maybe I can try duplicating it.

I didn't debug it. But I observed that the problem occurred in several 
public places, like airports, conference halls, hotels which attempt to 
"cover" the space with APs with the same name. Sometimes there were 
10-20 APs in sight.

Yuri




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