Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:04:49 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WPA && associating with unknown SSID Message-ID: <48BEA791.6030406@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080903113131.GA8697@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20080903113131.GA8697@rebelion.Sisis.de>
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Matthias Apitz wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using WPA to connect to my various Wifi AP's (office, home, partner > locations) and have them well configured in the wpa_supplicant.conf(5) > file; > > from time to time at home I encounter that it is associating with an > unknown AP of my neighbourhood: > > > # ifconfig iwi0 > iwi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:13:ce:a1:e6:81 > inet 192.168.2.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid o2DSL_kJaR channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:19:cb:86:b3:84 > authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit bmiss 10 > scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 > roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL > # ifconfig iwi0 list scan > SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > o2DSL_kJaR 00:19:cb:86:b3:84 1 54M 19:0 100 EP > xxxxxxxxxxxx 00:14:6c:44:aa:f6 11 54M 13:0 100 EP WPA > > the network with SSID 'o2DSL_kJaR' is not im my > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf; > > how this is possible and how can I prevent this? > You must have a wildcard entry in your wpa_supplicant.conf file (i.e. one w/o an ssid specified). Sam
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