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Subject: Re: Q: iw - how to scan for a specific ssid / AP mode scan
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Zefir Kurtisi <zefir.kurtisi@neratec.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:18:37 +0200
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> Ah, that explains it. Though, intuitively when providing an SSID to 
> scan for, I'd
> expect other networks seen not to be displayed. If this is of general 
> interest, I
> could work out some extension to iw and provide a related patch.

I don't think so - you're not providing "find these networks", you're
providing "send probe requests with these SSIDs", i.e. it's perfectly
valid to also say "" A B C to create 4 probe requests.

johannes