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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:09:53 -0500
From: "Zane C. B-H." <v.velox@vvelox.net>
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Cc: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Subject: Re: wpa_cli issues
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:51:16 -0500
Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote:

> In the last episode (Aug 19), Zane C. B-H. said:
> > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:14:54 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi
> > <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
> > > From: "Zane C. B-H." <v.velox@vvelox.net>
> > > > Is there any way to undefine a variable once it has been set?
> > > 
> > > *As(stated*, the answer involves the offspring of the mating of
> > > a rhinoceros and an elephand.
> > > 
> > > =GUESSING= that you mean a shell 'envionment variable', the
> > > answer is 'yes'. _How_ one can do it depends on the shell
> > > (*unspecified*!) being used. 'unsetenv' _may_ do the trick.
> > > Alternatively a variable assignment with no value (.e.g
> > > "VARIABLE=") may work.
> > 
> > Blarg?
> > 
> > None of these is even vaguely related to my question about
> > wpa_cli, as stated in the subject.
> 
> wpa_cli only understands a fixed list of variables to set, and it
> doesn't make sense to "undefine" them.  You can set them back to
> their default values, but they must have a value.
> 
> Defaults from looking at the source:
> 
> EAPOL::heldPeriod = 60
> EAPOL::startPeriod = 30
> EAPOL::maxStart = 3
> EAPOL::authPeriod = 30
> dot11RSNAConfigPMKLifetime = 43200
> dot11RSNAConfigPMKReauthThreshold = 70
> dot11RSNAConfigSATimeout = 60
> 
> Running "set" from within wpa_cli should print these values, too,
> according to the manpage.

That is for stuff set via set, but when it comes to the individual
network variables, not all of these have a default value other than
not defined, AFAIK, and setting them back to the defaults as far as I
can tell is impossible for some.

A example of this is the bssid variable. Once this has been set, I've
been unable to find any way to remove it via wpa_cli.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks. :)