From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Tue Nov 22 02:06:25 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5459C4ED96 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 02:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x232.google.com (mail-io0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ADB6D1A27 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 02:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x232.google.com with SMTP id j65so56438360iof.0 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:06:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=KlUs5C/JYB3vyIA25EM6HgOWSgeh/5xV7C0c4EGsf2Q=; b=sJDIrYJqstCDPR1sV9Y10rqhs81eIgrYxuAJP/j1M89Azv5KNmRqiQMZWCeSX07HtJ a6NMkmdw3y8H9kNLIn1hSOHPfNL3nz3v0r18oQvO8JGniqx0kH13a5+49LnhD4LuiuDA GBYJccRcHLQrhQYptODX3NMVGNV7YHUj3q2AH9Sb9tsFejFSh0vE0cgvTP4o6gmnvSNL PUUZ9ik6jX3+bIYBtdeUEcHa7MvApaNxvS5R/XZlNp+yfcJoEnWTsqjSrQa/TPurqthG dhECbF7RyVVxOY0Z8zhJiY680v+gTa0dWI6MzyRh3srNgzrxTgu7joncou073B3b6Z0H KGvw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=KlUs5C/JYB3vyIA25EM6HgOWSgeh/5xV7C0c4EGsf2Q=; b=Rx86n52lgXkQ2K13Fb70UBjgU85uJelZKc4yoOBy+tDIHsU2ozSReOsDdegUMW8bj/ 5W+CMaX/YNguf4TS4GCC6kp2pK5372FkqV1dE3LiwE65FyalbhTjgKf5tT71N/DJ/Czy sRD4IIhauqFCUxsrtgFNCk0H6yy+WUw3AIc6y2BtD3jCa/HIv1cB2jHFO2b8BYCyzvdJ KBF3YJJoOVhw2GEwTg4RTRvBtBs2M046aIwHEXFntx9+T4XCm9V6ZR6UPGE2rVCy0CDB YYDEFcoTM6gSoIzxx8QO3yjSd8Xbf9W/laNwsYHnjgO0tlIzIdpBSO4vhrn6UK1h5at9 8gFw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC02Z7HlxBgoG+yLraJBi19smqYxQyqYCFOfhbd3qDqRrpL5cDfBFZX8e0CwOzjXw6S+GT4jLyuJ2geoMWw== X-Received: by 10.107.36.144 with SMTP id k138mr14153965iok.177.1479780385199; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:06:25 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.39.134 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:06:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7e39e6b6-30a6-9c67-534b-4b8a1b2309e7@rawbw.com> References: <264bf419-c97f-a333-167a-5eb13a6bf96a@rawbw.com> <1983541127.1707358.1479779586520@mail.yahoo.com> <3b76a34b-0ac7-dd2e-60f0-e6b0ac811e44@rawbw.com> <7e39e6b6-30a6-9c67-534b-4b8a1b2309e7@rawbw.com> From: Adrian Chadd Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:06:24 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant + wpa_gui have troubles when many APs have the same name To: Yuri Cc: Fehmi Noyan ISI , freebsd-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 02:06:26 -0000 hi, all on the same band, or on different bands? next time, do this: ifconfig -v wlan0 list scan .. when it's happening. that way I can see how many there are and what they're doing. -a On 21 November 2016 at 18:05, Yuri wrote: > 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 >