From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 21:00:19 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 926C6106567D for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:00:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roland@yttrium.micite.net) Received: from yttrium.micite.net (ut-n-d0eb.adsl.wanadoo.nl [81.68.238.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA8548FC08 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:00:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roland@yttrium.micite.net) Received: (qmail 43524 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Sep 2008 20:33:06 -0000 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:33:06 +0200 From: Roland van Laar To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080903203306.GE33677@yttrium.micite.net> References: <20080903113131.GA8697@rebelion.Sisis.de> <48BEA791.6030406@freebsd.org> <20080903190032.GA2372@rebelion.Sisis.de> <48BEE778.4000503@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48BEE778.4000503@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i 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 21:00:19 -0000 On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 12:37:28PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > Matthias Apitz wrote: > >El d?a Wednesday, September 03, 2008 a las 08:04:49AM -0700, Sam Leffler > >escribi?: > > > > > >>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). > >> > > > >Thx for the idea, but I don't have any wildcard entry; I've checked the > >conf file and also wpa_cli says: > > > > > >>list_networks > >> > >network id / ssid / bssid / flags > >0 santaclara any > >1 tarara any [CURRENT] > >2 OCLCPICAUK any > >3 board_room any > >4 guagua any > >5 OCN-LAN any > >6 ConnectionPoint any > > > >and: > > > ># fgrep network= /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf | wc -l > > 7 > ># fgrep ssid=\" /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > > ssid="santaclara" > > ssid="tarara" > > ssid="OCLCPICAUK" > > ssid="board_room" > > ssid="guagua" > > ssid="OCN-LAN" > > ssid="ConnectionPoint" > > > > > So far as I know this should not happen. It'd be useful to have a > wpa_supplicant log that shows it associating to an ssid not listed in > the config file. > I encountered the same problem last week. I had a contrab which did an ifconfig ath0 down; ifconfig ath0 up This worked fine with WEP but wpa_supplicant exits when ath0 goes done. ath0 connects to the first open AP after it gets up again; not reconnecting to my WPA AP. Hope it helps, Roland van Laar