Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:50:36 +0200 From: Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig hidessid not hiding SSID on 802.11b with PRISM 2.5 based card Message-ID: <200601102350.37042.nike_d@cytexbg.com> In-Reply-To: <43C3BE64.8080703@freebsdbrasil.com.br> References: <43C3BE64.8080703@freebsdbrasil.com.br>
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On Tuesday 10 January 2006 16:02, Patrick Tracanelli wrote: > I have set hidessid option to an Intersil PRISM 2.5 based cart, acting > as hostap, and the ssid stills gets broadcasted, aparently. Other > FreeBSD systems and the Windows software supplied by the vendor can find > the SSID while scanning. > > I would like to know if hidessid should hide it in ordinary scans like > those ones, and how to test it better to see if ssid stills broadcasted > in the beacons, if it is possible (say, any debug option or tool). > > Thanks! I think that for SSID hiding to work there is a need for the firmware on the card to support this. (at least on Prism2/2.5 hardware) Maybe your firmware does not support ssid hiding. You can try to update it. hth, --niki
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