From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 16:09:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15888106968B for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cpanel03.rubas-s03.net (cpanel03.rubas-s03.net [195.182.222.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF908FC1A for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [213.142.183.219] (helo=gahrtop.localhost) by cpanel03.rubas-s03.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KauvD-00080M-6L; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:09:31 +0200 Message-ID: <48BEB687.5050308@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:08:39 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080807) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <20080903113131.GA8697@rebelion.Sisis.de> <48BEA791.6030406@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <48BEA791.6030406@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=9571F78E; url=http://gahr.ch/pgp/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel03.rubas-s03.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - FreeBSD.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Matthias Apitz Subject: Re: WPA && associating with unknown SSID X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:09:33 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Sam Leffler wrote: | 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 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). Not necessarily. If you bring up a wlan interface and don't specify anything, it will automatically associate with the first open AP it finds. I don't know if it's to be considered a feature or a bug. I've been worried by this sometimes, but honestly not enough to really care.. Anyway, it happens... | Sam - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAki+toYACgkQwMJqmJVx945SJwCeNc0z+Jb2Rqw6n06sPKLJcxmA jlMAn2ZEa/r40dDf5cgaUoeWiJYyCkLC =OxPp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----