Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 23:27:33 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD periodically transmit all SSIDs its knows of ? Message-ID: <201410032127.s93LRXum063738@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Fri, 03 Oct 2014 03:29:16 -0700." <CAJ-VmomVubSrt6QmnAReeeDFoRYP_n6n5=jODbvQSzK9gykh7A@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 3 October 2014 03:26, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > >> On 2 October 2014 16:30, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> 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 ? Adrian Chadd top posted: > I believe it only does it when you set scan_ssid=1. OK, Thanks. I submitted a draft caution for the manual. 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/
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