I didn't knox that hidden SSIDs were proprietatry extension of the standardn I understand why it doesn't work well (pretty sure I was able to do it weeks ago though). I know it doesn't add security and WPA-PSK is a good solution to add it to a wireless network but it is not my decision (I find hidden SSID kind of useless). I'm glad to hear/read there is no known issues with hostapd on this point. Thanks for you answers. Regards, Alexandre EPERT ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:06:17 +0200 > From: j@xxxxx > To: alex.epert@xxxxxxxxxx > CC: hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Hidden SSID and WPA2 > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 04:55:51PM +0100, Alexandre Epert wrote: >> I need to have a hidden SSId with WPA-PSK security and as far as I can see I can not connect when hidding SSID. > > Why do you need a hidden SSID with WPA-PSK? Hidden SSIDs are a > proprietary extension of the standard and they have number of known > interoperability issues. They do not add any security and especially > with WPA-PSK, I don't really see any point in this type of > configuration. > >> When ignore_broadcast_ssid=0, I can connect with, or without, WPA2 but when ignore_broadcast_ssid=1 (or 2) I can not connect even if I can see when I scan wireless networks. >> >> I have to mention that I use hostapd from Realtek because I have to. I use a TP Link WN725N v2 (RTL8188eu) which require a specific (old) version of hostapd :( >> >> If I try with another dongle and last version of hostapd, I can not connect to hidden SSID with WPA2. >> >> Is there any kind of limitation between hidden SSId and WPA2? > > Many devices do not support such configuration. I've never tested this > with RTL8188eu, so cannot comment on that specific combination. Anyway, > this works in mac80211_hwsim test cases and there are no known hostapd > issues in this area. > > -- > Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
