From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Dec 1 01:32:03 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 64958C5DDC9 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2016 01:32:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22e.google.com (mail-io0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22e]) (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 2CD0D1929 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2016 01:32:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id j65so387091304iof.0 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:32:03 -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=wAzBQnJC1GU2IMJWA5oOmeVUMv3R8HsthhA7PkJwfo8=; b=S3Tc3XdJ57Z9vWviOv6y2EwvABPh9jWOHGG8OjXbaw2TUVyZ49AdVMET9ZmFgSZFSt C97ZOzI0WqOFcxVvTH4oUgNw4PxRqOh0S4VaT/rYhcN90bdKQPlkJNl2ndADV3fSNYcQ Q3sTLmIalftAr/bJGrCG3wgURQ0/9XpcJ0XwTKI5SGwQsHRDk5xFiAWNIoD8d10inGjy xrSPHjPp+YrX9SgdSQdvALrpEDOlZ5Fbt8Masc5cjoN/JYw/D4NVTku10YwD6RRDwEbu lXjC/IWIwRFx0I7Aqdaji8RZhVvXo3CrRFjT9v0MbIlEkE/3UCYa9VMKgBGm/yUp8ez+ RIKg== 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=wAzBQnJC1GU2IMJWA5oOmeVUMv3R8HsthhA7PkJwfo8=; b=JoOLT1lu9jmXU/d9heOPbI8NaHpRX7frl2hGGNX2Wco6KNMHDMabLAXstFwyK0P+yG C3WSAQ4Cj133z99I/dj53jlcrXKVxoJJZ7st6bMvkWUk8QTWIQMQvU3E2iGxr7z3lQjc O9FNynR/8vgCOnoEGKIzVoak7Bp0brbYWRwRTi6VM9TZpeaYcM8YjzS4YP9V9GQZy284 ZdkdCSR56uUIXT2zsOQn+QvXUm1qdGVYgg/ThyKKdxwwb101iRAayaVi2Ctym4473K1k yUB+U0xv5NkjEOGAiRgOtLeTJt8Voso2Y8CTe2w5cGeJr8Ry3XAs2lw5u8BaYgxr0fIx GsSA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC00oNc+iPjQtPILGUj6P8rQji4Iwm2m38sI0Q04090ss1UMrTzpXVq9dQtJOmHY8BxRTUcsN13hfi8lJkA== X-Received: by 10.36.43.193 with SMTP id h184mr31060384ita.29.1480555922529; Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:32:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.150.129 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:32:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:32:01 -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: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 01:32:03 -0000 ping? :) -a On 21 November 2016 at 18:06, Adrian Chadd wrote: > 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 >>