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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