Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3515 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753710AbXJJPiv (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:38:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:17:13 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Dan Williams Cc: dragoran , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel Subject: Re: mac80211/iwlwifi + hidden ssids Message-ID: <20071010151713.GE5962@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071010_163856_146843_EEA685D0) References: <470C9F28.1070803@gmail.com> <20071010130653.GB5962@tuxdriver.com> <1192026847.9739.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1192026847.9739.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:34:07AM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > best we can do is set AP_SCAN=2, let wpa_supplicant blow all the > settings to the card, and just _hope_ that the card/driver are smart > enough to find the hidden SSID on their own and associate. Which is > less often than we'd hope. Dan, how does this comport w/ the mac80211 behavior? I.E. if mac80211 can find my hidden AP when using WEP (or nothing), why can't ap_scan=2 find the same AP? John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com